Asia cup 2025 uae vs pak: The Asia Cup 2025 Wednesday was more related to politics and drama for Pakistan cricket. Before the crucial match against the UAE, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) created such an uproar that the focus of the entire tournament went away from the match to their demands, but the threat that PCB had given could not stand even 70 minutes and the team finally came down to play on the field. The ICC did not give any kind of fire to the jackal Bhapki of Pakistan, who was big.
What was PCB’s asking for?
The Pakistan Cricket Board had put two conditions in front of the International Cricket Council (ICC) before the match.
First condition – The match referee Andy Paycroft should be removed and former West Indies captain Richie Richardson should be replaced. PCB had alleged that Picroft was seen adopting a biased attitude against Pakistan during the India-Pakistan match.
Second condition – Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav should be fined. PCB claimed that Suryakumar made political remarks after the India-Pakistan match, which is against the dignity and sportsmanship of cricket.
PCB had made it clear that the team will not play against UAE until both these demands are met.
70 minute high-voltage drama
The Pakistani team was to leave the hotel at 6 pm on Wednesday evening. The team was just standing in the hotel lobby and the players’ goods were also loaded, but at the same time PCB stopped the players in the hotel.
6:10 pm – The team’s kit was on the bus, but the players were stopped from getting out of the hotel.
6:40 pm – The news came that an emergency meeting is going on with PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi’s Rameez Raja.
at 7 pm – After all this, there was an indication that it has been decided to send the team to the ground.
7:10 pm – The Pakistan team finally left for the stadium from the hotel to play the match.
That is, PCB kept threatening for 70 minutes, but the ICC did not accept any of his demands. Neither the Payakroft changed, nor Suryakumar was fined.
Why Pakistan came on the backfoot?
The real reason for Pakistan’s arrival on the backfoot was economic. According to PTI report, if Pakistan had withdrawn from the Asia Cup, it would have lost about 16 million US dollars (about 141 crore rupees). The annual budget of PCB is about $ 227 million, so this loss would have eliminated about 7% of its budget.
Such a big deficit could prove to be a big shock for PCB and also for Pakistan. As a result, instead of saving honor, the board chose the money and decided to land on the field.
PCB and politics game
It is often said about the Pakistan Cricket Board that it is not an independent board, but works like a puppet of the government. Pakistan’s Prime Minister appoints the chairman of PCB. Many members of the board and the audit committee chief are also selected by the government. Not only this, the Prime Minister also has the right to remove the entire board.
That is, PCB’s decisions are often affected by politics more than cricket. This is the reason that even before the UAE match, PCB tried to play political stakes instead of cricket.
However, on the field, the team defeated UAE by 41 runs and got a chance to confront India in Super-4. But before this victory, the 70 -minute drama PCB image was badly damaged.