BCCI made a big statement on handshake controversy. (Photo-PTI)
On September 14, India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets in the Group-A match of Asia Cup 2025. After this, the Indian players went to the dressing room without joining hands with Pakistan’s cricketers. Due to this, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was badly shocked. He complained to the International Cricket Council (ICC). Now the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has broken the silence in this matter. The board says that we are only celebrating victory. They are not paying attention to the noise.
What did BCCI say?
Handshek Controversy But BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia has said a lot. He said that everyone should be focused on celebrating India’s victory and not on the dispute related to it. Talking to IANS, Saikia said, “I can only say that Team India won a spectacular victory. Nothing more than this. That’s why. That’s all. India has registered an easy victory against Pakistan. We should enjoy it. We should not pay attention to the noise made by any country. We should not bother it”.
He said that we should appreciate the good performance of our players and feel proud of them. We hope that this rhythm of victory will continue till the last match of this tournament. Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav also spoke about this matter.
We have come here only to play matches
After defeating Pakistan by seven wickets, the Indian team has confirmed its place in the Super-4 of the Asia Cup. In press conference after match with Pakistan Suryakumar Yadav Had spoke on this matter. He said that our government and BCCI we were unanimous today. We only came here to play matches. Apart from this, nothing.
In this case, a board official told PTI that there is no rule to join hands. If you read the rule book, then there is no rule to join hands with the opposition team. This is only a source of conversation. The Indian team has not done anything wrong in this matter.