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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On September 14, India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets in the Asia Cup. After the end of the match, the players of Team India did not join hands with the Pakistan team (India vs Pakistan no hand shake). Later, news came that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has complained to the Asian Cricket Council about the incident. Now a report by Times Now claimed that BCCI has not received notice of any such complaint.

Earlier, the news agency PTI had reported that Pakistan had filed a complaint in the Asian Cricket Council. Now quoting Times Now, a BCCI source has told that the Asian Cricket Council has not sent a notice of any such complaint to the BCCI. There has been a message of complaint about the handshake dispute nor the closure of the door.

Controversy started before the match

After the match, there has been a lot of debate over the absence of handshake, but the dispute started before the match. Actually, at the time of the toss, both the captains usually shake hands, but Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Aga did not even look at each other. At the same time, when Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dubey went to the dressing room without joining hands with Pakistani players, the matter caught fire. The Indian team went to the dressing room and closed the door, which got more heated.

Captain Suryakumar gave a strong message

After the match, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav said, “Our government and BCCI are unanimous. We only came here to play the match and seem to have given the right answer. Apart from the spirit of the game, there are some things in life besides the spirit of the game.

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