Andy Pycroft , who was at the centre of the handshake row when India and Pakistan met on September 14 at the Asia Cup , will be the match referee for the Super Fours fixture between the two teams in Dubai on Sunday as well.

The PCB had sought Pycroft's " immediate removal " after he had requested the captains Salman Agha and Suryakumar Yadav not to shake hands during the toss of the September 14 game. Pycroft stayed, and the row spilled over into Pakistan's next game, against UAE . After they cancelled a pre-match press conference, Pakistan didn't arrive on schedule for the match, which had to be pushed back by an hour, as they conducted backroom talks with the ICC.

It wasn't until a late meeting between Pycroft and the Pakistan team management just prior to toss - which s

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