Dubai
\nAfter sparking controversy during the presentation ceremony following the Asia Cup 2025 final, India is taking the winner\u2019s trophy dispute to the International Cricket Council (ICC).
\nThe Indian team refused to collect the trophy from Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President Mohsin Naqvi after defeating Pakistan in the final by five wickets in Dubai on Sunday.
\nThe move reportedly came on the directives of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI); however, Naqvi \u2014 who is also the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) \u2014 remained firm that he would present the trophy as the ACC president.
\nBCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia has now confirmed the same to Indian media outlets.
\n\u201cWe decided not to take the trophy from the ACC chairman, who happens to be one of the main leaders of Pakistan,\u201d Indian media outlets quoted Saikia as saying. The dispute resulted in a brief delay in the presentation ceremony, which saw Pakistan players collecting their medals as the runners-up.
\nPresenter Simon Doull confirmed the conclusion of the post-match ceremony without the winning team receiving the trophy.
\n\u201cI have been informed by the ACC that the Indian cricket team will not be collecting their awards tonight. So that does conclude the post-match presentation,\u201d informed Doull.
\nIndia players Tilak Varma, Abhishek Sharma, and Kuldeep Yadav, however, turned up to accept their individual awards. Subsequently, the organisers took the Asia Cup trophy with them, leaving the Indian team waiting to get their hands on the title trophy.
\nNaqvi\u2019s insistence on presenting the trophy to the winning team came despite the Indian team\u2019s recent acts of dragging politics into the game, with Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav refusing a customary handshake with Pakistan\u2019s Salman Ali Agha in their group stage game.
\nHe repeated the same in their following two games, an act which has been condemned by pundits across the world.
\nThe BCCI secretary has now confirmed their plans to file a complaint against Naqvi over the trophy row in the next meeting of the ICC, scheduled in November.
\nThe BCCI secretary spoke in the same lines as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who equated the cricket victory to \u201cOperation Sindoor\u201d, the name given to India\u2019s series of strikes in Pakistan, which resulted in the martyrdom of several civilians.
\n\u201c#OperationSindoor on the games field. Outcome is the same\u2013India wins! Congrats to our cricketers,\u201d Modi wrote in a post on X following the Asia Cup final.
\nAdamant on bringing politics and war into the sport, Saikia said that the Indian \u201carmed forces delivered in the border area. Now the same thing has been repeated in Dubai\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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