India, Sept. 16 -- The ongoing controversy surrounding the post-toss handshake between India and Pakistan took a fresh turn after Mohsin Naqvi, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), quietly deleted a post on X (formerly Twitter) in which he claimed that Pakistan had filed an official complaint against match referee Andy Pycroft with the International Cricket Council (ICC).

In his now-deleted post, Naqvi had accused Pycroft of instructing both captains not to shake hands before the match. He also claimed the referee's actions violated the ICC Code of Conduct and the Spirit of Cricket as defined by the MCC Laws. Naqvi further stated that the PCB had demanded Pycroft's immediate remov...