Dubai, Sept 25: India has lodged an official complaint with the ICC against Pakistan cricketers Haris Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan for provocative on-field gestures during the Asia Cup Super 4 match on Sunday, prompting a retaliatory complaint from Pakistan against Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav.

The BCCI filed its complaint on Wednesday, and the ICC has acknowledged receipt, sources confirmed. If Rauf and Farhan deny the allegations in writing, they may face a hearing before ICC Elite Panel Referee Richie Richardson.

Rauf allegedly mocked India’s military action by gesturing the bringing down of a plane after Indian fans chanted “Kohli, Kohli,” while also abusing Indian openers Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma. Farhan celebrated a fifty with a machine-gun firing gesture, which drew widesp

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