At the end of the game – after India had won a crushing triumph – instead of the usual respectful handshake between the two sides, the Indian team simply walked off the field. The team lodged a complaint with the International Cricket Council, calling for the referee to be removed – a demand the ICC refused. In a statement afterwards, the chair of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Mohsin Naqvi, said it was “utterly disappointing to witness the lack of sportsmanship today”. Sushant Singh, an Indian defence analyst who previously served in the Indian army, said that “instead of building fraternal ties and people-to-people contact”, the cricket field had now become “the site of playing out nationalist fantasies”. “In the past, the wars and conflict between both countries did not stop cricket matches,” said Afridi.