India, Sept. 19 -- Fresh details have emerged regarding the no-handshake gate in the India versus Pakistan Group A contest in the Men's Asia Cup 2025. According to ESPNcricinfo, match referee Andy Pycroft, who has been at the centre of a huge controversy, was informed just a few minutes before the toss that there would be no handshakes between the two captains-Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Ali Agha. Pycroft was told "four minutes before the toss" that there would be no handshake exchange.

When the toss was about to happen before the Group A match between the arch-rivals, Pycroft was informed by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) venue manager that the BCCI had informed the body that no handshake was to happen between the captains. It must be ...