BCCI lodges complaints to ICC against Haris Rauf & Sahibzada Farhan for provocative gestures
Fans were excited of the in-match cricketing action when the two sides met. Rather, the Asia Cup Super 4 match between India and Pakistan descended into controversy, with the Pakistani players’ behaviour taking the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has now received a formal complaint from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) against Pakistan’s Haris Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan for what it describes as “provocative and unacceptable gestures” made during the match.
Rauf, Farhan under ICC scanner
According to PTI, the BCCI’s complaint was filed on Wednesday, September 24, and the ICC has acknowledged receipt of the same. Should Rauf and Farhan deny the charges, they will likely face a hearing before ICC Elite Panel Referee Richie Richardson. Both players’ gestures, caught on broadcast and widely circulated on social media, were not cricket-related and instead were highly political in nature.
Rauf, Pakistan’s strike pacer, allegedly mimicked the bringing down of an aircraft, a gesture seen as mocking India’s military operations. He also hurled abuses at young Indian openers Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma during his spell. Also, Rauf was the one who also chanted 6-0 even during the practice session on the eve of the Super Four clash and also while fielding on the boundary ropes. The 6-0 is a reference to Pakistan’s baseless claims that they downed six Indian fighter jets during the four-day scuffle following Operation Sindoor.
Sahibzada Farhan, meanwhile, pulled off a “gun-firing” celebration after reaching his half-century, raising his bat like a machine gun. Considering what all transpired between the two countries earlier this year, his celebration was quite provocative. Farhan even went on to claim that he doesn’t care how people would perceive his celebration, telling reporters, “That celebration was just a moment at that time. I don’t care how people take it.”
If the players fail to defend their actions, they could face sanctions under the ICC’s code of conduct.
Mohsin Naqvi’s awful post
The row has escalated further, with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) filing its own complaint against India captain Suryakumar Yadav. The PCB alleges that Surya’s post-match comments, dedicating India’s win to the armed forces engaged in Operation Sindoor and expressing solidarity with victims of the Pahalgam terror attack, were political in nature.
Moreover, another unnecessary drama took place late night on September 24. The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who also heads the PCB and serves as Pakistan’s Interior Minister, posted a cryptic video of Cristiano Ronaldo gesturing a plane’s dip on social media, the same emote that Haris Rauf also pulled off. It was quite evident what Naqvi tried to put forward. Perhaps, Deep Dasgupta’s analogy of the ‘childish’ nature of Pakistani cricketers stands correct.
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