Tension between India and Pakistan is at its peak, it has a direct impact on the T20 World Cup 2026. The Pakistan government has made it clear that its national cricket team will not play the match with the Indian team on 15 February. This decision has also raised the possibility that there may never be a match between India and Pakistan in the future. Know what former Pakistani cricketer Basit Ali said on this question in a special conversation with ABP.

In an interview given to ABP, Basit Ali expressed concern over India-Pakistan cricket relations. He said that now the International Cricket Council will make new rules to deal with this entire issue, because currently the rule is such that if the government of the country refuses, then that team will not play. He also targeted India for refusing to come to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025. According to him, Pakistan has now taken a similar decision.

Will India-Pakistan match not happen now?

On whether India-Pakistan matches will be held in future or not, Basit Ali said, “The broadcasters will face the biggest problem in this because the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) for the India vs Pakistan match has been signed till the year 2031. There are also matches for women’s teams. Pakistan will not play there too.”

After 2012, no bilateral series has been played between India and Pakistan. Bilateral series of both the countries are already closed and now the same is going to happen in multilateral events also. Basit Ali has also said in sign language that cricket fans will hardly get to see any India-Pak match now. Not only in men’s but also in women’s cricket, India and Pakistan may not come face to face.

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The cricket teams of India and Pakistan have not visited each other’s country for years. Amidst the tense atmosphere between the two countries, a picture has emerged from Saudi Arabia, in which veteran Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan is seen hugging Shoaib Malik. This picture has come to light at a time when the Indian team has been adopting the strategy of ‘no handshake’ with Pakistani players for the last several months.

F2 double wicket match was played in the World Cricket Festival 2026 held in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. In this match played at Abdul Aziz University, Pakistan won over Team India. When the highlights video was released after the match, Irfan Pathan and Shoaib Malik not only hugged each other but were also seen smiling after giving high-fives.

Irfan hugged the Pakistani without even shaking hands

Asia Cup 2025 was played last year in September 2025. In that tournament, 3 matches including the final were played between India and Pakistan. In all three matches, the Indian team did not even shake hands with the Pakistani players, leave alone a hug. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav did not shake hands with Pakistani captain Salman Aga in all three matches.

On September 28, India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the final of Asia Cup. After that historic victory, Team India had refused to take the trophy from the hands of PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi. That Asia Cup trophy dispute has not been resolved yet.

Was refused to play last year

After that, in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 also, the Indian team had repeated the strategy of not shaking hands with Pakistani players. The matter escalated to such an extent that Indian players refused to even play a match with Pakistan in the World Championship of Legends. Irfan Pathan was also a part of that team. But now the pictures of Shoaib Malik shaking hands with other Pakistani players have created a stir.

Irfan Pathan often vocal in his criticism of Pakistan cricket, was seen today warmly shaking hands with Shoaib Malik and other Pakistani players. Meanwhile, Pakistan storm into the semi-finals of the Double Wicket World Cup India are knocked out. #PAKvIND #IrfanPathan #cricket pic.twitter.com/fbQOLW32H0

— Hamza Ijaz (@HamzaEjaz367) January 23, 2026

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Asia Cup started from 2025, then Women’s World Cup continued in 2025 also and now Indian players have not joined hands with Pakistani players in the Hong Kong Six tournament. The India vs Pakistan match in the Hong Kong Six Tournament was played on 7 November, in which Team India won by 2 runs via DLS method. After the match, the Indian team did not come forward to shake hands with the Pakistani players.

When this rain-affected match ended, the players of both the teams did not come out. Players of both the teams stood at their respective places. After the Asia Cup, even in the Women’s World Cup, Indian players had maintained the policy of not shaking hands with Pakistani players.

The India vs Pakistan handshake controversy started in the Asia Cup. Before the India-Pak match on 14 September, Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Aga did not shake hands at the time of toss. Even after the match was over, Team India did not come out of the dressing room to shake hands with the Pakistani players.

When India defeated Pakistan in the final on 28 September, Team India refused to take the trophy from the hands of PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi. The Asia Cup trophy controversy is not over yet. The trophy is still with Naqvi.

India won by 2 runs

The Indian team played its first match with Pakistan on 7 November in the Hong Kong tournament. Thanks to Robin Uthappa’s stormy innings of 28 runs, Team India had scored 86 runs in the stipulated 6 overs. In reply, Pakistan team had scored 41 runs in 3 overs, then rain came. The rain did not stop, after which India was declared the winner by 2 runs via DLS method.

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The hockey match between India and Pakistan was played on 14 October in the Sultan Johar Cup being played in Malaysia. Before the match played on Tuesday, players of India and Pakistan shook hands, pictures of which have created a stir on social media. After the Pahalgam terrorist attack, the Indian team did not shake hands with Pakistani players in the Cricket Asia Cup tournament. Since then the ‘handshake controversy’ has been in the news. The same trend continued in the Women’s ODI World Cup also.

The handshake controversy is over!

When it was the turn of the Sultan Johar Cup, before the start of the match, Indian and Pakistani players gave high-fives to each other. It is worth noting that Pakistan Hockey Federation had already issued orders that Pakistani players should be prepared in advance for a situation like ‘no-handshake’.

Pak players were told that if the Indian team does not shake hands, then they should ignore it and neither should they argue or clash emotionally with the players of Team India. Let us remind you that Pakistan hockey team did not come to play in India. At that time tension between India and Pakistan was at its peak.

Indian players shake hands with Pakistani team in Sultan of Johar cup Hockey match @TheHockeyIndia #indiavspak #Hockey pic.twitter.com/lXcCOI1qKc

— Spandan Kaniyar (@kaniyar_spandan) October 14, 2025

Where did the handshake controversy start?

The handshake controversy started when the match between India and Pakistan was played in the Cricket Asia Cup on 14 September. Before that match, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav did not shake hands with Pakistan captain Salman Aga at the time of toss. After winning the match, the Indian players did not come to shake hands with the Pakistani team and even closed the door of the dressing room. After that, the Indian team also adopted the policy of ‘no handshake’ in the Super-4 and Asia Cup final matches.

The India-Pakistan dispute took a severe form when the Indian team, after winning the final, refused to accept the trophy from the hands of ACC and PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi. What happened was that Naqvi had taken the trophy with him, which Team India has not been able to get till now.

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The Women’s ODI World Cup started two days after the Asia Cup 2025 ended. The tournament started on 30 September, in which the women’s teams of India and Pakistan are coming face to face on 5 October. Amidst the Asia Cup controversy, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided that the Indian players will not join hands with the Pak team in the Women’s World Cup. Sources say that the BCCI has sent this information to the players.

According to reports, the Indian women’s team will not join hands with Pakistani players in the World Cup match. The Indian team has been informed about this. The BCCI will fully support its players in this decision. At the time of the toss, there will be no handshuce between India and Pakistani captains Harmanpreet Kaur and Fatima Sana, neither will there be a photoshoot nor will the team join hands with Pak players after the match.

It will also be worth seeing who will be the toss presenter in the India-Pakistan World Cup match. Due to the BCCI’s ‘No Handshek’ policy, the name of a toss presenter may be approved, which does not come from India and Pakistan. A few days ago, at the time of the toss in the Asia Cup final match, Ravi Shastri did not join hands with Pakistani captain Salman Aga.

Let us tell you that India and Sri Lanka are hosting the Women’s World Cup 2025 together. But the schedule of the World Cup was prepared in such a way that India and Pakistan will play the match on the neutral venue. Therefore, in the league stage match, India and Pakistan will be played in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

India and Pakistan also clash in semi -finals or finals, so the option of neutral venue has already been kept open for their match.

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Amid the 2025 Asia Cup Trophy controversy, IPL Governing Council President Arun Dhumal has given a big statement about the India-Pakistan match. He made it clear that India-Pakistan will not play bilateral series. Dhumal has clearly stated that the country is the first for BCCI, cricket after that.

Arun Dhumal said in a conversation with the news agency IANS, “The government decides that India will not play bilateral series with Pakistan. We welcome this decision. The government’s stand, BCCI will also be the same.

He further said, “I believe the Indo-Pakistan match has been given more preference. Now there is no competition as before. If you ask any Indian to name 24 Pakistan players, they might not even remember. When we talk about Pakistan, there is still the name of players like Wasim Akram, Yunus and Shoab Akhtar in the minds of people, but I do not believe that I do not have such a player, but now I do not believe. Like we have a better fight with countries. Pakistan is our neighboring country.

The chairman of the IPL Governing Council said about the behavior of Pakistani players, “Many things have not happened, but we should not talk about what has happened now. For the great performance that the Indian team performed, we once again congratulate them.”

He praised the Indian team and said, “It is very easy to reach the pinnacle, but it is very difficult to stay at that point. India is the number one team, the way Team India wins all the matches in the entire tournament, I want to congratulate the Indian team for it. Congratulations to the Indian team. Congratulations to Captain Suryakumar Yadav and the team who showed that it is the world’s best team.”

The India-Pakistan Asia Cup dispute is taking a new turn every day. After the first ‘Handshek controversy’ and the final match, Asian Cricket Council Chairman Mohsin Mohsin Naqvi took the Asia Cup Trophy with him. Cricket celebrities have supported Team India, but former cricketer Syed Kirmani has blamed India for moral fall in modern cricket.

According to news agency ANI, Syed Kirmani said that he is disappointed with the lack of sportsmanship. He said that no gentleness is seen in the game of cricket.

Syed Kirmani said, “Very rude and egoistic expressions were seen on the field. I feel very ashamed to listen to my friends living abroad. He said that our time used to be different, we used to play gentleman with nature. What happened in the Asia Cup is very bad. These are his words.”

Spoken at the rivalry of India-Pakistan

Syed Kirmani also gave a statement on the subject what kind of Indo-Pakistan rivalry used to be in his days. He said, “In those days, there used to be brotherhood between the players of India and Pakistan as a cricketer. Pakistani players used to come to India, we used to go there, there was a sense of respect, love. The parties used to meet the families of the players, but now there is nothing left. Comparing our time and this period, the present time is very disappointed to me.”

Syed Kirmani was a wicketkeeper batsman and represented the Indian cricket team from 1976-1986. He played 88 Tests in his international career, with 2759 runs in his name. At the same time, he scored only 373 runs in 49 ODIs.

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The day of 28 September will be remembered in Indian cricket history for decades. On the same day, Team India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the Asia Cup final, but Indian players had to return without trophy. Hardik Pandya could not play due to injury in this title collision. In such a situation, Gautam Gambhir made such a strategy, which made India only by making India the Asia Cup champion. Captain Suryakumar Yadav himself has revealed this.

Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav told during a conversation with Revspports that he trusts Gautam Gambhir’s strategies a lot. He told how Shivam Dubey’s entry was replaced by Hardik Pandya. Gautam Gambhir was confident that Dubey would prove to be important on an important occasion and in reality it happened.

Suryakumar trusts Gautam Gambhir by closing his eyes

Suryakumar Yadav said, “When I look at the dugout after every 2-3 overs, they always have something for me. Because the match looks very different from outside the field. Many things are going on in my mind, whom to bowl and how to make fielding. Whatever they sit outside, I think so much.

Gautam Gambhir’s strategy did wonders

Suryakumar also further told that unfortunately Hardik Pandya could not play the final match due to injury. He told that the team needed an additional batsman due to being out of Hardik, because Gill and Abhishek were doing very brilliant batting, but any time can be spoiled by anyone.

Suryakumar Yadav said, “Anytime the team can lose 4 wickets. Anything can happen in cricket. So we needed an additional batsman. He said that Shivam Dubey will take this responsibility. I asked him, ‘What do you believe’. He showed full confidence in Dubey and we flagged off his decision. “

Shivam Dubey really played a big innings on the important occasion, proved to be a big hero of India’s victory. Shivam Dubey came to batting when India lost 4 wickets on a score of 77. The team still had to score 70 runs to win. Dubey scored 33 runs in 22 balls in a pressure position and did a 60 -run match winning partnership with Tilak Verma.

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PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi has created a new ruckus before the India vs Pakistan final match. It is reported that Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President and PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has given an open message to the Pak team that they can adopt an aggressive attitude in the match against India and even after that. If the Pak team has any problem on showing aggression, Mohsin Naqvi himself will deal with that case.

According to Pakistani media, Mohsin Naqvi has given a clear message to the Pak team that the players should do whatever they come in mind. If there is any problem in doing this, then the board will deal with it itself. Mohsin Naqvi’s statement came at a time when Haris Rauf was fined 30 percent of the match fee and Sahibzada Farhan was warned.

A Pakistani journalist named Kadir Khwaja reiterated the statement of Mohsin Naqvi and said, “Whatever you want to do, I will handle it.”

Mohsin Naqvi will be present in the field during the final match, as he will present a trophy to the winning team as ACC chairman. Also, being the president of the Asian Cricket Council, he will also have to join hands with the captain of both teams. On the other hand, Team India has adopted the policy of ‘No Handshek’ with Pakistani players. It is possible that Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav should not join hands with Mohsin Naqvi.

According to the reports, he was Mohsin Naqvi, who pressured PCB to complain to the match referee Andy Paiyoft, but the complaint was dismissed by the ICC. At the same time, he shared a video clip of Cristiano Ronaldo’s crash celebration on social media, which was associated with the gesture of Haris Rauf, which was done by Haris Rauf.

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India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2025 finals are getting enthusiasm across the country. Of course, Team India is a much stronger team than Pakistan, defeating Pakistan badly in the last two matches, but today the pressure of the final is different. Meanwhile, prayers for India’s victory are being prayed in different places across the country. Dua was also read for India’s victory at Ajmer Sharif Dargah.

India and Pakistan have clashed 2 times in the 17th edition of the Asia Cup (Asia Cup 2025). Both were in the same group, where Team India defeated Pakistan badly. There was no problem in winning India in Super-4, now both teams will clash for the title today. Earlier, special prayers are being done for the victory of the Indian cricket team at Ajmer Sharif Dargah in Rajasthan.

#Watch Special blessings are being done for the Indian cricket team’s victory in the Asia Cup final match against Pakistan at Ajmer Sharif Dargah in Rajasthan today. pic.twitter.com/efd7jotjzg

– ani_hindinews (@ahindinews) September 28, 2025

In Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, there was enthusiasm among cricket lovers. In the video, you can see that people in Prayagraj are praying for the victory of Team India. During this time people kept the pictures of Indian players in their hands.

#Watch Uttar Pradesh: People offer Prayers in Prayagraj for Team India’s Victory. India to take on Pakistan for its asia cup 2025 final today in Dubai. pic.twitter.com/fhfcfvmjyz

– ANI (@ani) September 28, 2025

Havan in Varanasi

Cricket fans performed a havan at the Umashankar temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and prayed for India’s victory. Let us know that India and Pakistan have never clashed in the final of the Asia Cup before. However, Pakistan has won the title 2 times. Team India has won the Asia Cup title 8 times.

VIDEO | Uttar Pradesh: Cricket Fans Perform Havan at Varanasi’s Umashankar Temple for Team India’s Victory in the Asia Cup Final.

(Full video available on pti videos – https://t.co/n147tvrpg7, pic.twitter.com/upppjxekee

– Press Trust of India (@Pti_News) September 28, 2025

Fans spoke in Katra- India will win today

Devotees going to Vaishno Devi shouted slogans of India’s victory in Katra along with cheering Mother. Talking to PTI, a devotee said, “I have come to the court of Vaishno Devi Mata and I will also wish that India wins. For the first time both are playing in the final in the Asia Cup, I can say with full hope that India will win today.”

VIDEO | Katra: “Team India will win asia cup title against Pakistan”, Say Cricket Fans on his way to Vaishno Devi Shrine.

(Full video available on pti videos – https://t.co/n147tvrpg7, pic.twitter.com/x3wg7c4i3n

– Press Trust of India (@Pti_News) September 28, 2025

When and where to see India vs Pakistan Asia Cup Final Live?

• date- September 28, 2025 (Sunday)
• Venue- Dubai International Cricket Stadium
• Time- From 8 pm (according to India).

The live broadcast of India vs Pakistan match will be on the channels of Sony Sports Network. Live streaming will be on Sony Live App and website. Apart from this, there will be live streaming of the match on the Fankode app and website.