As India and Pakistan as soon as once more confronted one another on the cricket subject, this time throughout the U19 Males’s Asia Cup, India skipper Ayush Mhatre caught to the ‘no handshake’ coverage within the group stage fixture in opposition to their arch-rivals on the ICC Academy Floor in Dubai on Sunday.
On the toss, neither India’s captain Mhatre nor Pakistan skipper Farhan Yousaf took the initiative to alternate the customary pleasantries. After Pakistan received the toss and selected to bowl first in opposition to India, the 2 captains didn’t even make eye contact; They merely gave their respective interviews after which headed in the direction of their dressing rooms.
This continues from the no-handshake protocol initiated by the Indian males’s workforce throughout the lately concluded Asia Cup 2025, the place the Indian workforce didn’t shake fingers with their Pakistan counterparts in all three matches of the match after which refused to obtain the trophy from Asian Cricket Council President Mohsin Naqvi, who can be the Inside Minister of Pakistan.
Later, within the ICC Ladies’s ODI World Cup match, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur upheld the ‘no handshake’ coverage.
Coming to the match, Yousaf received the toss and determined to bowl first in opposition to India in a match that was diminished to 49 overs per facet resulting from rain. Batting first, India are at the moment struggling at 114-4 in 20 overs.
Within the match opener, India secured an enormous 234-run victory over the UAE after setting the highest-ever rating within the Males’s U19 Asia Cup.
Teenage star Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a spectacular 171, whereas Aaron George (69) and Vihaan Malhotra (69) contributed important half-centuries. Vedant Trivedi (38), Abhigyan Kundu (32), and Kanishk Chouhan (28) added the ending touches to the report whole of 433/6.
India surpassed their very own highest whole in U19 ODIs – 425/3 scored in opposition to Scotland in 2004. Total, India’s whole of 433 is the third-highest rating ever by a workforce in a males’s U19 one-day match.
Alternatively, Pakistan thrashed Malaysia U19 by 297 runs of their opening fixture.