Cricket: ICC to hear BCCI, Pakistani board’s complaints against each other’s players

The International Cricket Council on Thursday will hear complaints filed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Pakistan Cricket Board against each other’s players, Cricbuzz reported.

The Pakistan Cricket Board filed a complaint against Indian men’s team captain Suryakumar Yadav for his comments during a press conference after the two sides’ Asia Cup group stage match on September 14, PTI reported.

Yadav had expressed his solidarity with those who died in the Pahalgam terror attack in April and dedicated the Indian team’s victory against Pakistan that day to the Indian military.

The terror attack at Baisaran near Pahalgam town in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22 left 26 persons dead and 16 injured. The terrorists targeted tourists after asking their names to ascertain their religion, the police said. All but three of those killed were Hindu.

PTI reported on Thursday that while the Pakistani board had alleged that Yadav’s comment was “political”, it was unclear when the complaint was filed as the rules require an incident to be reported within seven days.

The BCCI filed a complaint against Pakistani cricketers Haris Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan for their allegedly provocative gestures during the Super 4 stage match between India and Pakistan on Sunday, PTI reported.

During the match on Sunday, Farhan celebrated his half-century with a gun-firing gesture, using...

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