Mohsin Naqvi, the head of the Asian Cricket Council, has received an official email from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) instructing him to return the Asia Cup trophy to India on Tuesday, October 21. BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia told India Today that they have written to the ACC to award the title to the winners.
According to Saikia, they are waiting on Naqvi to respond, and if he doesn’t, they will send an official letter to the ICC to escalate the situation. According to the BCCI secretary, the procedure is proceeding step by step, and the subject will continue to be pursued.
At the post-match ceremony following the final, the Indian team refused to accept the trophy from Naqvi, hence the Asia Cup is now at the ACC office in Dubai.
The Indian players decided not to accept the medals and trophy from the ACC chief after defeating Pakistan in an exciting match. After that, Naqvi instructed the ACC authorities to remove the trophy and denied the Indian team the customary presentation ceremony.
The BCCI denounced Naqvi’s actions during the ACC meeting on September 30 and asserted that the Asia Cup is ACC’s. The Asia Cup 2025 trophy should be formally given to the winning Indian team, led by Suryakumar Yadav, and it should be placed in the immediate possession of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), said BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla.
Devajit Saikia, the secretary of the BCCI, has already denounced the ACC chairman’s conduct as inappropriate.
“We have decided not to accept the Asia Cup 2025 trophy from the ACC chairman, who happens to be one of the senior leaders of Pakistan. That was a conscious decision,” Saikia said.
“This does not give him the right to take the trophy and the medals with him. It is extremely unfortunate and unsportsmanlike. We hope the trophy and medals will be returned to India as soon as possible,” he added.