By Admin 
Asia cup 2025 ind vs pak: The handshake controversy raised after the India-Pakistan match has now reached a new turn. This time there were neither players at the center, nor the ICC officer, but the head coach of the Indian team, Gautam Gambhir. After defeating Pakistan in Asia Cup Super-4, Gambhir played such bets that Pakistani players were surprised.
Shocking view after the match
India defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets in this high-voltage match played at Dubai International Stadium. After the match is over, the players of both teams usually join hands, but this time the picture was different. Tilak Verma and Hardik Pandya returned to the dressing room directly for India. Everyone felt that the matter will probably end here, but after this the story took a new turn.
Gambhir’s surprise instructions, Pakistan shock
Soon after the match, Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir called the players and gave a new instruction. He said that all the players should return to the field and come back only by joining hands with the umpires. As soon as the Indian players went to the field, everyone felt that perhaps the players of Pakistan will also be formalized, but the Indian team directly joined hands with the umpires and then returned to the dressing room. Pakistani players and support staff were surprised to see this view.
🗣️ Arey Umpire se to Mil Loo !!
Gautam gambhir invited the Indian players to exchange handshakes – But only with the umpirespic.twitter.com/ibkdhy87j
– kkr karavan (@kkrkaravan) September 21, 2025
Controversy started from toss
This dispute had actually started before the match. At the time of the toss, when Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav and Pakistani captain Salman Ali Aga came face to face, Surya, ignoring him, went directly to the presenter Ravi Shastri and match referee Andy Picroft. Salman stood there and this scene became a matter of discussion as soon as he was captured in the camera.
‘Fearless’ post on social media
After this, Gambhir, while sharing a picture of Team India on his Instagram account, captioned with a word, “Fearless” (fearless). After this, there was a debate between fans on social media. Some praised Gambhir’s move, while some said that the spirit of the game has been hurt.
India dominates in the match
If we talk about the match, India stopped Pakistan on 171 runs while bowling first. Sahibzada Farhan scored a brilliant half -century, but the rest of the batsmen could not stand in front of the Indian bowlers.
In response, the Indian opener gave a bang. The 105 -run partnership in 59 balls by Shubman Gill (47 runs) and Abhishek Sharma (74 runs) broke Pakistan’s expectations. After this, even though some wickets fell, Tilak Verma and Hardik Pandya gave the team a comfortable victory.
Forward equation
With this victory, India has strengthened its position in Super-4. On Wednesday, India’s next match will be with Bangladesh, which can win and reach the final. On the other hand, for Pakistan on Tuesday, the match against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi will be like a do or die.