The Pakistan Cricket Board has filed a grievance with the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) concerning ‘inappropriate conduct’ in the direction of the members of the Pakistan staff throughout its marquee World Cup fixture in opposition to India on the Narendra Modi Stadium final Saturday.
After the touring Pakistan staff misplaced probably the most anticipated recreation of the match by seven wickets, a number of movies – alleging inappropriate behaviour in the direction of the gamers by a sure part of followers – went viral, forcing the PCB to formally take up the matter with the ICC.
In a press release on Tuesday, the PCB additionally acknowledged that it has lodged a grievance over the delay of visas offered to Pakistan journalists, and the ‘absence’ of visa coverage for Pakistan followers.
“The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has lodged one other formal protest with the ICC over delays in visas for Pakistani journalists and the absence of a visa coverage for Pakistan followers for the continuing World Cup 2023,” it stated in a press release.
Earlier, Pakistan staff director Mickey Arthur felt that it was extra like a bilateral sequence. “It didn’t seem to be an ICC occasion, I might be fairly trustworthy. It appeared like a bilateral sequence, like a BCCI occasion,” Arthur stated after the match.
Normally, in each ICC occasion, followers from throughout the border flip up in giant numbers to cheer for his or her staff. Nevertheless it was completely completely different this time round. “I didn’t hear ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ coming via the microphones too usually. That does play a job, however I’m not utilizing that as an excuse as a result of for us, it was about residing within the second, in regards to the subsequent ball and about how we’d fight the Indian gamers tonight,” Arthur stated.
Requested whether or not followers ought to have been granted a visa for the big-ticket occasion, Arthur stated with a sheepish smile, “I don’t need to get fined simply but. I don’t need to get fined…”
Pakistan is presently in Bengaluru and can tackle Australia on October 20.