Indian Cricket Board To Launch 'Strong Protest' Against Naqvi After Asia Cup Trophy Incident

2025-09-29 04:18:15

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times)

The politically charged India-Pakistan Asia Cup Final ended with the Indian team's refusal to collect their winning trophy.

After chasing down 147 to beat Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday, the winning captain, Suryakumar Yadav, told reporters that they "took the call on the ground about not taking the trophy" from according to AFP . The captain also claimed that after the refusal, they were "denied" the trophy.

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"I think this is one thing which I have never seen since I started playing cricket that the champion team is denied the trophy," he said, as per AFP.

Indian cricket board (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia confirmed their players had refused to accept the winner's trophy from ACC President Naqvi, who is also the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.

"But that does not mean that the gentleman will take away the trophy with him, along with the medals," Saikia said to ANI. "So it is very unfortunate and we hope that the trophy and the medals will be returned to India as soon as possible."

He added that in an upcoming ICC conference set to take place in Dubai, the BCCI would "launch a very serious and very strong protest against the act of the ACC chairperson".

Following the Asia Cup, India leads Pakistan 12–3 in T20 International (T20I) matches, with one match decided by a bowl-out in the 2007 ICC T20 World Cup.

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