Salman Ali Aga again launched the issue of handshake Image Credit Source: PTI
The Asia Cup between India and Pakistan remained surrounded by ‘Handshek’ controversy compared to 2025. In the first match, the Indian team refused to join hands with Pakistani players, which caused a huge dispute and the matter reached the match referee and ICC. But it seems that the Pakistani team and its captain Salman Ali Aga are not yet up to him. Perhaps this is why he again launched this issue before the final against India and during this time he also started mentioning his father.
The final of the Asia Cup 2025 will be played between India and Pakistan on Sunday 28 September. This is the first time in the history of Asia Cup when the title match between India and Pakistan is being played. In such a situation, there is different enthusiasm and curiosity about this match. The curiosity is also this time because the stress between the two countries has also been shown in this tournament, which started in the first match by not joining hands with the Indian team’s Pakistani players.
‘Abbu also never told this’
There was a big controversy over not joining hands in India-Pakistan group match, but after this the situation remained the same in the next match and ‘Handshek’ will not be seen in the final. But where the discussion about this was almost over, Pakistani captain Salman again mentioned it a day before the final. In response to a question in a press conference on September 27 before the match, he said, “I have been playing professional cricket since 2007-08, playing since the time of Under-16. I have not seen till today that no team had shook hands.”
To emphasize his point, Salman Aga also mentioned his father and said that there was no such situation between India and Pakistan even in the old times. Aga said, “I have been playing for a long time. My father is also a big fan of cricket and he is watching cricket from me 20 years ago but he did not tell about such a thing.
Full discount to players
Not only this, there was a lot of hot-summer in the last match between the players of India and Pakistan and it seems that it can continue in the finals as well. Salman Aga clearly said that he will not stop his players. The Pak captain said, “Everyone has the right to express their feelings. What will be left if a fast bowler stops the expression of emotions?