India, Sept. 18 -- The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) claim that ICC match referee Andy Pycroft had apologised to the team on Wednesday has been exposed as false, according to a fresh media report. The development came a day after a muted video circulated on social media, with Pycroft in conversation with Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha, team manager Naveed Akram Cheema, and head coach Mike Hesson in the match referee's room at the Dubai International Stadium before the start of their match against the UAE.

In the aftermath of the handshake storm on Sunday at the same venue during the Asia Cup match against India, PCB lodged a complaint to the ICC against Pycroft, alleging that the Zimbabwean sparked the controversy by asking the two ca...