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Asia cup presentation ceremony: In the Asia Cup 2025, the competition between India and Pakistan started with controversies and it also ended with a ruckus. The controversy started due to not joining hands in the first competition between India and Pakistan in the group stage, after the victory of Team India in the final, the presentation ceremony continued to the drama. In the final match played in Dubai, Team India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in a thrilling match. But after this, Team India had to wait long to lift the trophy and because of this, Pakistan Cricket Board President Mohsin Naqvi, whose hand Team India refused to take the trophy.
Ever since the war between India and Pakistan, tension between the two countries had increased. In the Asia Cup tournament played at such a time, there was a possibility of tension between the two countries and the same happened. While there was a dispute over not joining hands in the group stage, the Pakistani board created a ruckus over the removal of the match referee Andy Paiyoft and also threatened to withdraw from the tournament. From then on, such claims were being made that in the event of winning the final, Team India will not take the trophy from the hand of Mohsin Naqvi. Naqvi is the President of the Asian Cricket Council.
Why did Team India refuse to take the trophy?
The same happened after the victory of Team India in the final held on Sunday 28 September. Team India also won the final with the match at 12 o’clock at night, but after that it had to wait a long time for the trophy. This happened because Team India refused to take the trophy from Mohsin Naqvi’s hand. In fact, as the President of ACC, the winning team was to be given the trophy from Naqvi’s hand. But apart from being the President of ACC, Naqvi is also the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board and is also the Interior Minister in the Government of Pakistan. Not only this, Naqvi had opened the whole front against the match referee Payakroft and also made controversial posts about India.
Ceremony started with a delay of one and a half hours
This was the reason that Team India refused to take the trophy. Due to this, it took a long time to start the presentation ceremony. During this time, as soon as Naqvi reached the stage, the Indian fans present in the stadium started shouting slogans of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. At the same time, some fans started hooting against Naqvi. Finally, after a delay of a quarter and a half, the presentation ceremony started at one and a quarter of the night. However, during this time, Team India did not take the trophy and only some players took their awards and after that the ceremony ended there.