Overview

• BCCI has lodged official complaints with the ICC and match referee Andy Pycroft over Sahibzada Farhan’s bat-as-gun celebration and Haris Rauf’s “0-6” gesture in the Sept. 21 Super Four match.
• The PCB had earlier filed two complaints to the ICC against India captain Suryakumar Yadav, alleging his post–Sept. 14 remarks on the Pahalgam incident were political.
• Congress MP Shashi Tharoor urged India to keep sport separate from state conflict, saying the team should have shaken hands if it chose to play Pakistan, and he cited the 1999 World Cup during the Kargil War.
• Tharoor also said reactions on both sides fell short of the game’s spirit, drawing a sharp rebuttal from the BJP, which defended the Indian team’s refusal to shake hands.
• India has beaten Pakistan twice at the Asia Cup and reached the final, and a rematch remains possible, keeping the controversy under scrutiny.