Dubai: Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav chose to skip another handshake with Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha during the toss for their T20 Asia Cup 2025 Super Four Encounter at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
After the pitch, Suryakumar Yadav ran straight along the skipper from Pakistan to Ravi Shastri for the pre-match conversation, while Salman Ali Agha reflected the gesture.
The handshake snub comes in the background of a continuous row between the arch rivals, which emerged from the group stage collision, which attracted a lot of attention both and outside the field.
The drama then started the Indian captain exceeded all the boundaries of sportiness by using his speech after the game to drag politics to cricket, a movement described by many observers as “unprecedented” and “harmful to the spirit of the game”.
The worsening of the tension was the refusal of India to exchange a traditional handshake during the toss ceremony – reportedly directed by competition referee Andy Pycroft.
Matters escalated to the point where the Pakistan Cricketboard (PCB) considered pulling itself out of the Asia Cup. The situation only became harmless after Pycroft admitted that according to PCB it had the aspects of the controversy inversely reversed and regretted it.
The International Cricket Council (ICC), however, does not yet have to initiate formal investigation into the case, something that the PCB has deeply dissatisfied.
The side led by Suryakumar comes into the collision with three victories in the same number of matches in the group stage, while Pakistan managed to beat two associated teams, VAE and Oman, but suffered a defeat against the arch rival in a one -sided meeting last Sunday.
In the midst of this controversy, the Pakistan cricketeam-a-day-a-day press conference for the competition canceled. Although the team management gave no reason.
India won the group of September 14 through seven wickets in Dubai and then refused to shake hands with their opponents, who made Pakistan angry. It was the first meeting between the neighbors, because a four -day reinforced conflict in May left more than 70 people to death.
