India has officially notified the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) that the Indian women’s cricket team will not participate in the trophy presentation ceremony of the Women’s Asia Cup 2026 if the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief, Mohsin Naqvi, is involved in handing over the cup. BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia confirmed this decision in a statement to NDTV, saying, “We communicated with ACC and yesterday I personally informed the ACC chairman that we won’t be part of the presentation ceremony if it is done in the same manner as done in case of the men’s cricket team. They did not want to change their position, so we had no option.” This stance underscores India’s concerns regarding the treatment of their women’s team in comparison to the men’s team during official ceremonies.
The Indian women’s cricket team won the 50-over World Cup for the first time in 2025.
“We can assure very soon we will not only get the Women’s Asia Cup trophy but also the Men’s Asia Cup trophy” Saikia added. “Our position is very clear, that the chairman is also the interior minister of a country with which we don’t have a friendly relationship, specially after Pahalgam incident, so will not receive a trophy from him.” “When present ICC chair was in ACC, it was the normal traditional practice that winning team office-bearer to hand over the trophy. Saikia also expressed that the work being put behind the Indian women’s team in the T20 format. “We are basically trying to build our team in the T20 format for the ICC T20 World Cup. In T20 format in women’s cricket we have challenges, and our target is the Asian Games ” Saikia added.
But since last year, they are not following this tradition” Saikia added.
