The tone for Sanjog Gupta's term has been established by his handling of the Andy Pycroft incident: he is professional, principled, and unyielding to political pressure.

The ICC issued a six-point statement dismissing the PCB’s allegations as “baseless”. It reiterated that Pycroft had committed no offence, and rejected Pakistan’s request to remove him from its panel of referees.

The ICC has refuted the Pakistan Cricket Board’s statement, stating that its claims about match referee Andy Pycroft apologising to the team have been wrongly presented.

Pakistan cricket's players have made steady progress in the latest ICC T20 standings with one all-rounder earning his career best ranking

PCB had written a letter to the ICC holding match referee Andy Pycroft responsible for the no-handshake fiasco in the Asia Cup Group A match against India.

The Pakistan Cricket Board, on Wednesday, claimed that match referee Andy Pycroft apologised to its national team for prohibiting the handshake between Indian and Pakistani players during their Asia Cup match.