For the second year in a row, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has refrained from allowing its team to accept the Asia Cup trophy from Mohsin Naqvi, who is the chairman of both the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). This year, Harmanpreet Kaur & Co. did the same, snubbing Naqvi even at the cost of the trophy. But what makes Naqvi such a controversial figure for India and the BCCI?
Last year, it was the Suryakumar Yadav -led men’s team.
READ | Mohsin Naqvi’s Stance Revealed As Asia Cup Drama Snowballs Into Fresh Row Suryakumar Yadav, who captained India’s T20 team in the Asia Cup, did not shake hands with his Pakistani counterpart, Salman Ali Agha, or any other team member during their encounters in the tournament. In the presentation ceremony later, Naqvi reportedly had to wait for over an hour for the Indian team to collect the trophy and winners’ medals from him. India insisted on collecting them from another ACC official, resulting in a deadlock situation.
The trophy snub began last year after the BCCI advised the men’s national team against exchanging pleasantries with the Pakistan team or its officials following the Pahalgam terror attack. In the end, the trophy was removed from the stage, and even today, it hasn’t been handed over to the Indian team.
