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    Revealed: Match Referee Told Salman Agha To Skip Handshake At Toss, But Left Post-Match Gesture Undefined

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    By Feroz Khan,News18

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    Revealed: Match Referee Told Salman Agha To Skip Handshake At Toss, But Left Post-Match Gesture Undefined

    Pakistan not only complained about India’s “unsporting” act after the post-match handshake controversy, but their manager Naveed Akram Cheema also registered a “formal protest” against the match referee Andy Pycroft for his behaviour.
    According to various media reports, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement that Pycroft told the two captains – Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Agha – to not shake hands during the match toss.
    The hostilities were apparent between the players of the two teams from the toss itself when the captains refused to engage with each other at any level – there was no eye contact, no exchange of pleasantries or handshake after the toss.
    “Manager Naveed Akram Cheema has registered a formal protest against the match referee’s behaviour. Match referee requested the captains not to shake hands during the toss,” said the PCB in a statement.
    However, no directive was issued for the post-match handshake.
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    After skipper Suryakumar secured India’s seven-wicket win with a six, along with his batting partner Shivam Dube, he headed straight to his team’s dressing room without waiting for Pakistani players for the customary post-match handshakes.
    Pakistani players, according to their head coach Mike Hesson, waited for their Indian counterparts to shake hands before realising they were being snubbed.
    “We were ready to shake hands at the end of the game, we obviously are disappointed that our opposition didn’t do that,” Hesson said. “We sort of went over there to shake hands and they’d already gone into the changing room. That was a disappointing way for the match to finish, and a match we were disappointed for the way we played, but we were certainly willing to shake hands.”
    Agha Skips Post-Match Presentation
    During the post-match presentation, Pakistan skipper Agha was absent and later Hesson said that it was a “follow-on effect” of India’s refusal to shake hands, a fact confirmed by PCB statement later.
    “Salman Ali Agha skipped the post-match presentation in protest against the behaviour of the Indian team,” the statement read.

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