BCCI complains towards Rauf, Sahibzada to ICC; PCB lodge protest towards Surya

India has filed an official grievance with the ICC towards Pakistan cricketers Haris Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan for his or her provocative gestures through the two sides’ Asia Cup Super 4 recreation in Dubai final Sunday (September 14, 2025).

It is reliably learnt that the BCCI filed the grievance towards the duo on Wednesday (September 24, 2025) and ICC is in receipt of the e-mail.

An ICC listening to is predicted to happen in case Sahibzada and Rauf deny these allegations in writing. They might need to seem earlier than the ICC Elite Panel Referee Richie Richardson for a listening to.

In a retaliatory gesture, the Pakistan Cricket Board additionally appears to have lodged an official grievance with the worldwide guardian physique towards Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav for expressing his solidarity with victims of Pahalgam terror assault and dedicating his workforce’s victory to the Indian Armed Forces concerned in Operation Sindoor. His feedback got here after the September 14 recreation.

PCB alleges that Surya’s feedback are “political” though technically it must be seen when precisely did it file the grievance, which must be lodged inside seven days of the stated remark.

Rauf, Sahibzada gestures

During the September 21 match, Rauf had made gestures to depict the bringing down of a airplane to mock India’s navy motion after Indian supporters chanted “Kohli, Kohli” referring to the couple of match-winning sixes that the Indian legend hit off the pacer at MCG throughout a T20 World Cup recreation in 2022.

During the match, he hurled abuses at Indian openers Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma throughout his bowling spell and the 2 children responded with their bats.

Sahibzada, throughout the identical match, celebrated with a gun-firing gesture utilizing his bat as a machine gun prop, one thing that has been broadly criticised.

“That celebration was just a moment at that time. I do not do a lot of celebrations after scoring 50. But, it suddenly came to my mind that let’s do a celebration today. I did that. I don’t know how people will take it. I don’t care about that,” Farhan had advised reporters after the match.

Both Rauf and Sahibzada must clarify their gestures on the ICC listening to and if they can not persuade then they may face sanctions as per th code of conduct.

Naqvi posts cryptic CR7 video on ‘X’

Adding gas to the hearth, Asian Cricket Council chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday posted a slow-motion video of Cristiano Ronaldo on ‘X’, the place the Portuguese legend is seen gesturing that an plane immediately crashed, one thing that Rauf indicated on-field through the conflict of arch-rivals final Sunday.

Naqvi, aside from additionally being Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman, is the ‘Interior Minister’ of his nation and is thought to make provocative statements towards the India.

Ronaldo, within the video, may nicely be explaining how his direct free-kick dipped and entered the aim.

After this, whether or not the Indian workforce, which is now the finalist of the Asia Cup, share the dais with the ACC Chairman is one thing that continues to be to be seen.

The matter hasn’t gone unnoticed so far as each BCCI and ICC mandarins are involved. Only time will inform if there will probably be some type of motion taken towards Naqvi.