Because the Pahalgam assault, every time Pakistan and India have performed a cricket match in the course of the multi-nation event, they haven’t shaken arms. Be it the Asia Cup in September, the Ladies’s World Cup in October, or the lately concluded Asia Cup U-19 event. Pakistan cricket chief Moshin Naqvi, addressing the press on Sunday, stated even within the tournaments, if India shouldn’t be keen to do a handshake, Pakistan won’t reciprocate it both.
“Our perception stays the identical even right now, and imagine me, the Prime Minister himself has advised me twice that we shouldn’t let politics come into all of this. From day one, our stance has been that cricket and politics ought to stay separate. On that day, Sarfaraz will need to have advised you what sort of perspective was proven, and what it was like,” Naqvi stated in a press convention in Lahore.
“In the event that they don’t need to shake arms, then we’ve no explicit need to take action both. No matter occurs, it should occur on an equal footing with India. And you will note, this strategy will proceed going ahead. It’s not doable for them to do one factor and for us to again down — that merely received’t occur,” Naqvi added.
Naqvi saga at Asia Cup
After India received the Asia Cup remaining by defeating Pakistan by 5 wickets — which was the Males in Blue’s third victory over their arch-rivals on the event — the presentation ceremony was held up by over an hour because the Indian crew refused to simply accept the winners’ trophy and their particular person medals from Naqvi.
The Indian crew was displeased by Naqvi’s posts on X earlier than the ultimate. He had reportedly shared a submit titled ‘Closing Day’ wherein Pakistan cricketers, together with captain Salman Ali Agha and quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, are seen carrying flight fits with pictures of airborne fighter jets within the background. Even earlier in the course of the event, Naqvi had posted an image of Cristiano Ronaldo depicting a crashing airplane.
Naqvi is not only the chief of the Asian Cricket Council, but in addition heads the Pakistan Cricket Board and is the Inside Minister again in Pakistan.
After India refused to simply accept the trophy from him, the Indians celebrated their triumph on the Asia Cup by lifting an imaginary trophy and posting emojis of trophies on social media.
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The BCCI had then claimed that Naqvi had taken the trophy and the medals away.