Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi met on Saturday the national team players in Dubai ahead of their second meeting with India in the men’s Asia Cup tomorrow.
The PCB chief visited the players during their exercise at ICC Academy’s Oval Two, where he also spoke with head coach Mike Hesson and Captain Salman Ali Agha.
The players, in the meantime, continued training with full energy and spirit.
Upon Naqvi’s arrival, the Indian support staff and players packed their training session and returned to the hotel.
Earlier, Pakistani and Indian fans welcomed the Pakistani team on their arrival at ICC Academy. Indian supporters also took photos with the Pakistani dough Fakhar Zaman.
The meeting comes on the basis of “handshake controvers” that followed Pakistan’s previous clashes with India, which attracted considerable attention both to and off the field.
Earlier in the day, Pakistan Cricket Team has canceled its scheduled press conference before match. The decision was officially confirmed today (Saturday), although the team management gave no reason.
A Pakistani player or a member of the support staff should address the media at. 18 local time, but it was interrupted.
India won the group match on September 14 with seven wickets in Dubai and then refused to shake hands with their opponents and angry Pakistan.
It was the first meeting between the neighbors since a four-day armed conflict in May left more than 70 people died.
Pakistan Cricket Board filed a protest with the International Cricket Council (ICC) and said fighting judge Andy Pycroft had asked skipper Salman Agha not to turn to Indian colleague Suryakumar Yadav for a handshake at Kled.
PCB demanded that Pycroft be removed from their matches and threatened to retreat from the eight-team T20i competition.
Their last group games were stopped for an hour before PCB said Pycroft had apologized and the match, with the Zimbabwean, eventually went on.
According to the PCB, the Pycroft described the incident as a result of miscommunication. The ICC has stated its willingness to conduct a formal study of the alleged violation of the Code of Conduct.
Pakistan beat the hosts, the United Arab Emirates, to qualify for the next phase, Super Fours, and set up another meeting with India in Dubai.
Indian media reported the team planning to stick to its policy without hand shake for Sunday’s clash.
