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Asia cup 2025: The final of the Asia Cup 2025 is to be played between India and Pakistan in Dubai today, but more headlines with the ball and bat on the field have made controversies so far. The atmosphere was hot before the tournament started. In the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, many innocent people died, which India took revenge through Operation Sindoor. After the start of the tournament, there have been many such developments, which have made this tournament controversial as well as controversial. Let’s look at those 7 big controversies of Asia Cup 2025, which are being discussed everywhere.
Politics on tournament schedule
After the Pagalgam terror attack and the Operation Sindoor of the Indian Army, uncertainty about the Asia Cup increased. The news of India’s withdrawal created a crisis on the event. After a long wait, the schedule was released and it was made clear that India would clash with Pakistan only in multi national tournaments.
Refusal to join hands
In the league stage, India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets, but the toss of captain Suryakumar Yadav, the real headlines and refuses to join hands after the match. The match referee was already informed about this, but the move angered Pakistan. Not only this, after the victory, the Indian captain dedicated this victory to the victims of the Pahalgam attack, due to which Pakistan saw it from a political perspective.
PCB threats and referee controversy
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had demanded the removal of the ICC match referee Andy Paiyoft from the Asia Cup after the incident. Even threatened that if action is not taken, Pakistan would not play the match ahead. However, the ICC dismissed the complaint.
Boycott of press conference
Angered by the behavior of Indian players, Pakistan canceled the pre-match press conference before the match against UAE. PCB took this step as a protest demanding the removal of the match referee.
Video dispute
After the defeat to India, Pakistan met the match referee before the next match and secretly made a video on social media. The video was introduced as the referee had apologized for the handshake incident against India, but the ICC called it a violation of the rules.
Sledging and objectionable gestures
In the Super-4 match, Pakistan’s Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi made a sharp noise with the Indian batsmen and said some abuses. Sahibzada Farhan performed the ‘gun celebration’ after a half-century, while Rauf showed the ‘6-0’ to the Indian audience, which was linked to the old propaganda of Pakistan. The ICC imposed a 30% fine of the match fee on Rauf.
Photo shoot drama before final
Before the finals, the captains of both teams have a photo session tradition with the trophy, but Suryakumar Yadav refused to take a picture with Pakistan captain Salman Aga. This decision is also being considered a political message.
In the finals too, the controversy on the controversy
Now that the title war will start at Dubai International Stadium from 8 pm, the eyes of the fans will remain not only on the battle of the ground but also on the presentation and possible new controversies after the match.