Pakistan’s Cricket Committee chief Mohsin Naqvi rekindled the controversy sparked by a controversial hand gesture from Pakistan’s Paceman Harris Rauf during the 2025 Asian Cup India vs Pakistan clash on Sunday.
The PCB was recently under the radar. They first sparked a major controversy over the handshake line, urging the ICC several times, leading to the suspension of referees in the match.
Then, after their repeated pleas were ignored and denied by international organizations, they threatened to withdraw from the Asian Cup tournament, but at their final moments they retreated. The former PCB chairman was said to have advised Mohsin Naqvi to reconsider his decision and continue the Asian Cup to avoid an economic blow from the ICC.
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Mohsin Naqvi causes a stir with Cristiano Ronaldo’s reference backing Harrislauf’s actions
Since Harris Rauf chuckled Indian fans at Dubai International Stadium, a big controversy began to flow, gestured with his hand as he gestured a jet crash. This led to immense criticism from cricket fans, where this seems like an unexpected move.
Currently, NAQVI is also head of the Asian Cricket Council and is responsible for managing logistics for tournaments in Dubai. He incited the controversy in a recent post by football legend Cristiano Ronaldo that he made a similar gesture with his hands.
This claim is from Pakistan In a situation like a war between India and Pakistan, it denounced the claim that it had defeated six Indian jets during border escalation.
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“Koli, Koli” cheers irritated Harris Rauf.
The incident that led to widespread controversy occurred during the India-Pakistan match in Dubai. Many Indian cricket fans in the stadium plagued Haris Rauf by repeatedly cheering for the name of former Indian cricketer Virat Kohli.
Kohli has now retired from the T20 format, but continues in the ODI format. Fans continued to call Kohli’s name to Harris Lauf to remind him of six straight hits by the legendary batsman at the 2022 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. Paceman was clearly plagued by these calls, which led to his explosion with those hand gestures.
The Pakistan vs Bangladesh match is set to be the unofficial semi-final of the second spot in the Asian Cup final
Pakistan’s national cricket team is the most likely team to compete in the post-India Asian Cup final despite a disappointing start to the Super 4 campaign. After India’s back-to-back victory in Super 4, they have officially made it to the Asian Cup final.
Pakistan will play its final group stage game against Bangladesh today on October 25th. Both of these teams lost to India and won against Sri Lanka. Therefore, this can be considered a semi-final game between Pakistan and Bangladesh. The former survives, while the latter is knocked out.
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