- India refuses to collect the Asia Cup trophy of the chief of ACC NAQVI.
- Drag the war to sport misfortune of play: Mohsin Naqvi
- Salman Agha hits the ‘disappointing’ behavior of India in the Asia Cup.
The president of the Cricket Board of Pakistan (PCB) and the head of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), Mohsin Naqvi, have strongly criticized the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “dragging the war to sport”, saying that such comments undermine the spirit of the game.
Striving Modi, Naqvi, who is also the interior minister of the country, said that the story has already registered the humiliating defeats of India at the hands of Pakistan on the battlefield and warned that politicizing the sport with conflict reflected despair inspected instead of pride.
“If the war was its measure of pride, the story already records its humiliating defeats in the hands of Pakistan. No Cricket party can rewrite that truth. Dragar the war to sport only exposes despair and dishonor the spirit of the game,” Naqvi said in an X.
The statement occurred in response to Modi’s illogical tweet after India’s victory over Pakistan in the final of the Asia 2025 Cup on Sunday, where the Indian prime minister had equated the victory of the Crick to the “Operation Sindoor” to congratulate his players, only to invite the general sentence that the observation prize was a sporty event.
Taking a mockery to the Indian leader, the Minister of Defense, Khawaja Asif, also joined criticism, saying that Modi was destroying the culture and spirit of the Cricket to obtain political profits, thus reducing the possibilities of peace and resolution of conflicts in the subcontinent.
“Modi is finishing the possibilities of peace and solutions to problems in the subcontinent to save his policy by destroying the culture and spirit of Crick. Honor cannot recover in this way. The score of the Pak-India War, 6-0, has been recorded in stone.
Modi faced criticism for his tweet not only for Pakistani leaders, but also for the people of their own country. Users and commentators of social networks, including India, quickly condemned the comparison. Critics say that equating a Cricket party with a military operation runs the risk of politicizing sport and undermining the spirit of the game.
When reacting to the measure, a journalist wrote in X: “A prime minister that declares the Cricket party equal to war. Just because India lost the war against Pakistan, they need anything to compensate for that loss.”
“Equ up a victory in the Crick with #Operationesindoor, where our soldiers established their lives, it is deeply disrespectful,” another user wrote in X while cava in Modi.
Asia Cup trophy debacle
Previously, the closing ceremony of the T20 Cup Asia 2025 of ACC Men’s ended up in dispute on Sunday after the Indian Cricket team refused to collect the trophy of the winners of the chief of Cricket Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Mohsin Naqvi, which also heads the Cricket board of Pakistan (PCB).
India had previously defeated Pakistan by five wickts in a tense final in the Dubai International Cricket Stadium,
However, the presentation after the game was delayed after the Indian side refused to accept the Naqvi trophy, damaging the gentleman’s game.
The ceremony concluded without traditional delivery, marking an unusual ending for the tournament. They did not exchange habitual hands among the players, continuing a pattern of previous matches where political currents and high tensions were evident.
“The ACC informed me that the Indian Cricket team will not collect its awards tonight. So that concludes the presentation after the game,” says presenter Simon Doul.
Pakistan’s captain, Salman Agha, said India’s actions during the tournament had been “bad for Cricket.”
“I think what has happened in this tournament is very disappointing,” Agha told journalists.
“If they think we were respecting not to shake hands, then I say they didn’t respect the Cricket.
“It has been seen for the first time. I don’t know where it will stop. What has happened in this tournament is bad for Cricket.”
Agha also said that the team would donate its rates of final matches of the Asia Cup to families of civilians and children killed in the Indian attacks of May.
The Asia Cup marked the first Cricket contest between the two parties from its military confrontation in May, with a policy outside the field that repeatedly eclipses competition in the field.
– With additional AFP contributions
