Dubai: Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha and the Suryakumar Yadav from India skipped the traditional handshake during the throw of the high-voltage collision of Sunday Asia Cup 2025 in Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
After winning the throw, Salman Ali Agha chose to hit first and walked straight on the team of India, while Suryakumar Yadav reflected the gesture.
Both leaders seemed to ignore each other during the ceremonial procedure.
Competitions between the neighbors always attract global attention, but this time the opportunity has a different sentiment.
The consequences of the Meiconflict – including disputes about crashed planes, strikes -furen breaches and political rhetoric – continues to overshadow sporty tires, which enhances the meaning of this meeting.
Social media were on the holes of Indians who called for a boycott of Sunday’s Asia Cup match with Pakistan, while people from the neighboring nation called on their government to cancel the game with the Green Shirts.
Following their feelings, Indian opposition parties also called it an insult to the victims of the Pahalgam’s terror attack and the Indian soldiers while New Delhi Islamabad blames the unfortunate incident – accusations that Islamabad has denied.
Despite the recent performance of Pakistan, the general T20i-head-to-head record is in favor of India, who won 10 out of 13 meetings. India leads 2-1 in the Asia Cup T20 format.
Their most recent meeting came during the T20 World Cup 2024 in New York, where Rohit Sharma’s India and narrowly beat Babar Azam’s Pakistan in a low scoring thriller.
XIS play
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Haris (WK), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Ali Agha (C), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shahen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqema, Abrar Ahmed.
India: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (WK), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah.
