‘Will launch sturdy protest’: Devajit Saikia expresses his opinion over India being denied Asia Cup trophy


The BCCI’s (Board of Management for Cricket in India) secretary Devajit Saikia not too long ago got here ahead and revealed that they might be submitting a protest towards PCB and ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi after not handing the Asia Cup 2025 trophy to workforce India.

New Delhi:

Chaos ensued after India’s distinctive victory towards Pakistan within the Asia Cup 2025 ultimate, defeating Pakistan within the summit conflict of the event. The Indian workforce refused to take the Asia Cup trophy from PCB and ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi. After a delayed presentation ceremony, the Indian workforce didn’t step onto the dais in a type of protest. 

This transfer noticed Mohsin Naqvi stroll again from the dais and even take the trophy with him, not handing it to Staff India. The identical transfer by the PCB chief was deemed unsportsmanlike by the Males in Blue, and the BCCI (Board of Management for Cricket in India) secretary Devajit Saikia not too long ago got here ahead and revealed that they are going to be launching a protest towards Naqvi’s actions. 

“We’ve got determined to not settle for the Asia Cup 2025 trophy from the ACC chairman, who occurs to be one of many senior leaders of Pakistan. That was a acutely aware choice,” Saikia informed ANI. 

“This doesn’t give him the best to take the trophy and the medals with him. This can be very unlucky and unsportsmanlike. We hope the trophy and medals might be returned to India as quickly as attainable. There’s an ICC convention scheduled in Dubai this November, and at that convention, we are going to launch a really severe and powerful protest towards the actions of the ACC chairman,” he added. 

Saikia additional elaborated on the scenario

Moreover, Devajit Saikia acknowledged that Staff India was by no means ready to take the trophy from somebody representing the nation that wages struggle towards them. Nevertheless, he acknowledged that their refusal to take the trophy from Naqvi doesn’t imply that he can stroll away with it. 

“India is in battle with that nation, and we have been anticipated to obtain the trophy from a pacesetter representing them. We can not settle for a trophy from somebody who represents a nation at present at odds with ours. That was our stance. However that doesn’t imply the gentleman is entitled to stroll away with the trophy and medals meant for our workforce and take them to his lodge room,” Saikia mentioned.

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