Mohammad Azharuddin gave a shocking statement. (Photo-PTI)
Ind vs pak: In the league match of Asia Cup 2025, the players of Team India did not join hands with Pakistan’s cricketers. There was a lot of controversy about this. In this match, Team India has won by 7 wickets. Now in the Super-4 of this tournament, both teams will once again face face to face in the Dubai ground. During this, former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin has given a shocking statement on the No Handshek controversy. In this case, he is cursing only Indian players.
What did Mohammad Azharuddin say?
Former captain of india Mohammad azharuddin In the Asia Cup, Pakistan’s players are disagreed with not joining hands. During an interview, he said that I do not understand this matter. Azharuddin said, “I think there is no harm in joining hands. When you are playing the match you don’t pay attention to anything else. I don’t know what was the problem? I really could not understand, but I don’t think there was no harm in joining hands”.
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The former captain of the Indian team said that if Team India was serious about the protest, it should have boycotted the match. He said that when you are protesting, it is better that you do not play. There is no point in playing in the atmosphere of protest. This former player said that once you have decided to play, you should play with full spirit. Otherwise you do not need to play.
What is no handshake controversy?
Indian team against the terrorist attack in Pahalgam Asia Cup I did not join hands with Pakistan players. It started during the toss, when Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav did not join hands with Pakistan captain Salman Aga.
After this, after winning against Pakistan, Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dubey went to the dressing room without joining hands with Pakistan players. After this, the Pakistan Cricket Board was shocked and demanded the removal of the match referee Andy Paiyoft. However, this demand has not been fulfilled yet.