The drama surrounding the Pakistan Cricket Board & the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi's Asia Cup Trophy snub refuses to die down. It's been over three days since India's epic five-wicket victory against Pakistan in the final on September 28 in Dubai. However, the Suryakumar Yadav-led side declined to take the Trophy from Naqvi.
While the reason is unknown why the ACC Chair stormed out with the trophy, reports claim he was adamant to give the trophy to the Indian team, rather than the UAE and BCB Chief handing the winning team the trophy and the medals.
A source on Naqvi's behavior during the post-match presentation ceremony
“Naqvi’s behavior in the meeting was totally unbecoming of an ACC chairman. His opening remarks didn’t include a congratulatory message for India for winning the Asia Cup. He only did so after being pointed out by Ashish Shelar repeatedly. He had no intention of talking about India’s win and the missing trophy. The BCCI pointed out that they will take care of logistics; he just needs to get the medals and silverware delivered to ACC headquarters, but he kept deflecting.”
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Notably, there was a delay of more than an hour after the final match of the tournament before the presentation ceremony. It was later noted that the wait was due to the ACC and PCB Chair being adamant in handing over the trophy himself to the winners, despite India not agreeing to the same. However, the ceremony went on after that, and India celebrated their win without the silverware, with several players mocking the event by posting photos without the trophy on their respective social media handles.
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