India, Sept. 17 -- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, finally clarified why he didn't boycott the Asia Cup 2025 match against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) despite threatening to do so if the ICC didn't meet their demand of removing Andy Pycroft for the remainder of the eight-team tournament following the no-handshake saga in the match between India and Pakistan.

The PCB's theatrics continued on Wednesday, hours before the scheduled start of the match against the UAE, pushing the game back by an hour. The Pakistan body tried its best to get Pycroft removed, but to no avail.

Pycroft remained as the match referee for the match between Pakistan and UAE, and just minutes before the start of the contest, the PCB issued...