Lahore: The Asia Cup trophy, which was not introduced to the victorious Indian workforce after its refusal to just accept it from Asian Cricket Council chief Mohsin Naqvi, has been locked away on the ACC’s Dubai headquarters with “directions that it shouldn’t be moved or handed over” with out the Chairman’s approval.
The trophy has been on the ACC workplace after Naqvi walked away with it from the presentation ceremony following the Indian workforce’s refusal to just accept it from him. India beat Pakistan within the Asia Cup last in Dubai on September 28.
Naqvi can be the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman and the Inside Minister of his nation and India-Pakistan tensions have hit a peak after the Pahalgam terror assault.
“As of at this time the trophy remains to be in ACC workplaces in Dubai with clear directions from Naqvi that it shouldn’t be moved or handed over to anybody with out his approval and in particular person presence,” a supply near Naqvi informed PTI.
“Naqvi has given clear directions that solely he’ll hand over the trophy in particular person (every time that occurs) to the Indian workforce or BCCI,” he added.
The whole Asia Cup was overshadowed by Indo-Pak hostilities. The Indians refused to shake palms with the arch foes all through the event and gamers from either side mocked one another with politically charged gestures.
Naqvi additionally made political statements on his social media pages.
The BCCI took sturdy exception to his act of strolling away with the trophy and vowed to boost the matter in an ICC assembly subsequent month. It’s being broadly speculated {that a} sturdy transfer to get Naqvi censured and even eliminated as Director within the ICC might be made.
“It stays to be seen what would be the long run ramifications for the PCB or Naqvi as a result of the BCCI is evident he (Naqvi) did not have any proper to insist on handing the trophy himself to the Indian workforce and refusing to ship it to the BCCI who had been official hosts of the occasion,” the supply mentioned.
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