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Despite winning the Asia Cup 2025 title, Team India did not take the tournament trophy after becoming champions. In the final held in Dubai, Team India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets and for the 9th time this tournament was named after them. But after this, Team India did not get a chance to lift the trophy after becoming the champion and Team India returned without a trophy. The reason for this, Mohsin Naqvi, president of the Asian Cricket Council, Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board. Team India refused to take the trophy from his hand. However, 4 players of the Indian team definitely took their awards during this period.
In Dubai, on Sunday 28 September, Team India defeated Pakistan and won the title. But after the victory of Team India, there was a dispute about the presentation ceremony. The Indian team refused to take the trophy from the hand of PCB and ACC President Mohsin Naqvi. Apart from being the president, Naqvi is also a minister in the Government of Pakistan. At the same time, he also made controversial posts about the Indian team and India. Due to this, Team India refused to take the trophy from his hand.
Team did not take the trophy, these 4 players award
At the same time, Mohsin Naqvi was also adamant on his insistence and he said that according to the rules of ACC, he will give the trophy as president. Due to this, there was a lot of delay in the presentation ceremony and this ceremony took place a quarter of an hour after the match was over. During this time, Pakistani players took their medals but Team India refused to take their winners medal. Also, Team India also refused to take the trophy.
However, 4 players of Team India definitely took awards. While Shivam Dubey’s Game Changer Award received, Kuldeep Yadav received 15,000 dollars of Value Player Award. At the same time, Tilak Verma was adjudged the Player of the Match, while Abhishek Sharma became the Player of the Tournament, for which he got 15 thousand dollars as well as the trophy and a car. But instead of Naqvi, other officials gave all these players.
Team celebrated without a trophy
Eventually the presentation ceremony ended without giving the trophy. Commentator Simon Dool also said that Team India will not take its trophy today. However, after this, when all the officials including Naqvi left the stage, the entire Team India reached that stage and started celebrating the victory without a trophy. During this time, the Indian players cheated and took a lot of fun while copying the trophy.