Ind vs pak: India defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in the Asia Cup 2025 match in Dubai on Sunday 14 September. There were many ‘Boycott’ appeals in India regarding this match. At the same time, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav refused to join hands with Pakistan captain Salman Aga. Contrary to the sports tradition, there was no hand join between the two captains, and this “No Handshake Moment” got a lot of discussion.
Explained the reason for not joining hands with Pakistan
In the post -match award distribution ceremony, Surya referred to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam and described it as ‘a great gift for the country’. Captain Suryakumar said, “We stand with the families of the Pahalgam terror attack and express their solidarity. Today’s victory dedicates our armed forces, who always inspire us. At the post-match press conference, Suryakumar Yadav clarified the reason for not joining hands with Pakistan players.” Our government and BCCI were completely unanimous. We decided that we have just come to play the game, and gave a suitable reply to Pakistan. “At the same time, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Aga was not present in the Post-Match Ceremony.
Why didn’t Pakistani captain go to the post-match ceremony?
Pakistan’s white-ball head coach Mike Hessen said that Pakistan captain did not go to the ceremony because the Indian team’s behavior after the match was ‘disappointing’. He said, “We were excited to join hands and friendly talks after the match, but it did not happen.”
PCB opposed
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) told Dawn.com that Pakistan team manager Naveed Akhtar Cheema has lodged an official protest against this unfair behavior of the Indian team. PCB also said that Cheema also opposed the match referee as she had urged both the captains not to join hands during the toss.
India and Pakistan performed excellent bowling in the Asia Cup match of India and Pakistan. Pakistan’s team, who came out to bat first, was able to score only 127-9 while struggling. Pakistan’s condition was bad, but Shaheen Afridi finally raised the team’s score slightly by scoring an unbeaten 33 off 16 balls. Kuldeep Yadav was the best bowler for India, who took only 19 runs with 3 wickets. Apart from this, Akshar Patel also took 2 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah’s fast bowling also contributed significantly and kept Pakistan under pressure. After this, India won by 7 wickets thanks to the brilliant innings of Abhishek Sharma (31 runs, 13 balls), as well as captain Suryakumar Yadav (47 runs, 37 balls). Tilak Verma also scored 31 runs, and with his help India easily achieved the target.
