Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav was on Thursday (September 25) told to refrain from making any comments that could be construed as political in nature by the ICC match referee Richie Richardson during an official hearing of the global body on a complaint filed by the Pakistan Cricket Board.
The hearing happened as the Indian skipper had pleaded not guilty for his post-match comments where he had stood by the Indian Army personnel involved in Operation Sindoor and showed solidarity with the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack.
It is understood that the PCB had filed the complaint within the stipulated seven-day period after the September 14 game between India and Pakistan in which Suryakumar had refused to shake hands and then dedicated the victory to the Indian armed forces for carryin