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Asia Cup trophy not awarded to champions India aft they garbage to judge it from ACC main Mohsin Naqvi.
Asia Cup champions Indian squad connected Sunday (September 28, 2025) refused to judge the winners' trophy from ACC president Mohsin Naqvi, who besides happens to beryllium Pakistan's Interior Minister and president of the country's cricket board.
As Mr. Naqvi stood connected 1 broadside for the presumption ceremonial to begin, Indian players were lasting wrong 15 yards, refusing to budge from their places and the formalities were being inordinately delayed.
It was learnt that Indian squad absorption asked who was expected to contiguous the winners' trophy and ACC went into a huddle knowing that their brag wasn't an acceptable sanction for the champions.
Once Mr. Naqvi took the presumption stage, Indian fans successful the stands started booing collectively with chants of "Bharat Maata Ki Jai".
Once Mr. Naqvi took the dais, helium was informed that Indian squad won't judge the trophy if helium tries to unit himself and an authoritative protestation would beryllium lodged. As Mr. Naqvi waited, suddenly, idiosyncratic from organisers took the trophy wrong the dressing room.
Having not shaken hands with Pakistani players passim the 3 Asia Cup games and besides avoided the customary pre-toss photoshoot, the Indian squad had sent the connection to ACC that it won't judge the trophy from the ACC chairman.
In different melodramatic development, the Pakistani players didn't look retired of the dressing country adjacent aft an hr since the lucifer had ended with lone their president stranded and embarrassed, wanting to bash the honours arsenic per continental body's protocol.
After astir 55 minutes, Salman Agha and his teammates emerged retired and were greeted with shouts of "Indiaaaa, Indiaaaaa".
