Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was left embarassed on Monday (March 11) when International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had sought permission before allowing Team India to wear camouflage caps as a tribute to the Indian Armed Forces during the Ranchi ODI against Australia.

Indian players and support staff sported the military caps as a mark of respect to the CRPF personnel who were killed in the Pulwama terror attack and donated its match fee to the National Defence Fund.

"The BCCI sought permission from the ICC to wear the caps as part of a fundraising drive and in memory of fallen soldiers who have died, which was granted," ICC's General Manager Strategic Communications Claire Furlong said in a statement.

PCB had sent a strongly-worded letter to the ICC, calling for action against India for wearing the caps.

"They took permission from ICC for some other purpose and used it to do something else, which is not acceptable," PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani had said on Sunday in Karachi.

Earlier, the BCCI had asked the ICC members to "sever ties with countries from which terrorism emanates" following the Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed. The responsibility of the attack was taken by Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed.

(With PTI inputs)