India’s Under-19 team also did not shake hands with Pakistan players. Both the teams faced each other today in the Under-19 Asia Cup, in which India registered a spectacular victory by 90 runs. Batting first, India had scored 240 runs. While chasing the target, the entire Pakistan team collapsed for 150 runs. Even on the toss, Ayush Mhatre did not shake hands with the Pakistan captain.

Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, India did not shake hands with Pakistan players in the Asia Cup held this year. Surya did not shake hands even at the toss, nor did other players shake hands with Pakistan after the match was over. There was a lot of controversy on this also. India and Pakistan faced each other thrice in the Asia Cup, including the final, all three times India’s ‘no handshake’ policy continued, the Under-19 team also followed the same path.

Indian players did not shake hands with Pakistan

In the Under-19 Asia Cup, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. After the toss, Indian captain Ayush Mhatre ignored Pakistani captain Farhan Yusuf. Even after the match was over, Indian players did not shake hands with Pakistani players.

A report claimed that before this match the ICC had requested India to give up the no handshake policy. While making this demand, ICC had also made it clear that the final decision will be of BCCI, if it wants to continue it then it will have to inform the match referee in advance.

With a dominant performance, India U19 register a huge win and qualify for the semis with a game to spare #DPWorldMensU19AsiaCup2025 #INDvPAK #ACC pic.twitter.com/DXvCciPJEq

— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) December 14, 2025

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Batting first, India had scored 240 runs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi could score only 5 runs today. Aaron Varghese played a brilliant inning of 85 runs, Kanishk Chauhan played an important inning of 46 runs. Kanishk also performed brilliantly in bowling, taking 3 wickets for 33 runs in 10 overs. The entire Pakistan team collapsed for 150 runs. India won this match by 90 runs.

In the ACC Men’s Asia Cup Rising Stars match played on Sunday, Pakistan A team defeated Indian A team by 8 wickets. After this, a shocking claim was made on social media that after the match was over, the Indian players had gone to shake hands with the Pakistani players, but the players of the Pakistan team left from there. Know the truth of this viral claim, a video of it is also going viral on social media.

The ‘No Handshake’ controversy was first seen in the Asia Cup, when Suryakumar Yadav did not shake hands with Salman Ali Aga at the toss and refused to shake hands with Pakistan players even after winning the match. It was already anticipated that no handshake would continue in the Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament on Sunday. However, the opposite was claimed.

NO WAY Indian players came to shake hands but Pakistani players just walked away India is getting a taste of its own medicine

— paty (nuke fascism) (@_midwicket) November 16, 2025

Posting on social media, a user wrote, “This cannot happen, Indian players came to shake hands with Pakistani players but the Pakistan team left from there. India got to taste its own bitter medicine.”

What is the truth of the viral claim?

However, the viral claim and the truth are completely different. A video also surfaced on social media, in which Pakistani players are shaking hands with each other without any haste. Their support staff are also shaking hands, this clearly shows that no player or staff member from India went to shake hands with Pakistan, nor tried to. So this claim is completely wrong.

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— paty (nuke fascism) (@_midwicket) November 16, 2025

Won the match by 8 wickets

Talking about the match, batting first, the entire India A team was all out for 136 runs in 19 overs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a good inning of 45 runs in 28 balls, but the other opener Priyansh Arya was out after scoring only 10 runs. After this Naman Dheer scored 35 runs in 20 balls. However, the middle order was a complete flop, captain Jitesh Sharma could score only 5 runs. Nehal Vadhera could not even open 8 accounts and Ashutosh Sharma could not open the account.

Chasing the target, Pakistan won in 13.2 overs. Pakistan’s opener Maaz Sadaqat scored unbeaten 79 runs in 47 balls, in this innings he hit 4 sixes and 7 fours.

Veteran cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has supported Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav. After the India-Pakistan match ended on 14 September, captain Team India did not join hands with Pakistani players. Before that, at the time of the toss, Suryakumar Yadav did not join hands with Pak captain Salman Aga. He said that it was the decision of the team. Now Sunil Gavaskar has put his response on this entire controversy.

Pakistan team targeted

After the Indian team did not join hands, Pak captain Salman Aga boycotted the post-match presentation. When Salman did not come in the presentation, Sunil Gavaskar tightened up and said, “I don’t think it would have made much difference on anyone. People will be willing to listen to the captain who won more than the excuses on the Pakistani captain’s defeat.

Said on not joining hands

Sunil Gavaskar said on the controversy that does not join hands, “It is a personal decision of a player what he has to do and what not. Many times people abuse you or behave indecently in the field, which is not acceptable at all. If someone takes your name to join hands with other players, it is not right to expect.”

He further said, “I do not know what actually happened on the field, whether words were exchanged between them or not. But no player wants him to join hands, it comes under his rights.”

Explain that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has complained to the ICC about this case, in which the laws related to sportsmanship were accused of violating. PCB has even demanded the removal of Andy Picroft, who was a match referee in an Indo-Pak match, with immediate effect.

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After the India-Pakistan match, the No-Handshek controversy is being hot. Earlier it was reported that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has complained to Team India to ACC in this matter. The PCB has targeted the match referee Andy Picroft directly, demanding that Andy Picroft be removed from the Asia Cup match referee penal list. If this is not done, the Pakistan Board has threatened to withdraw the name from the Asia Cup.

PCB alleged that the match referee Andy Picroft had asked the two captains not to join hands at the time of the toss using his power. At the same time, Cricbuj reported that Pakistan has also threatened to boycott the next match.

Pakistan complained

PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi wrote in a social media post on Monday, “The PCB has complained to the match referee to the International Cricket Council, which has violated the game sense in reverse from the MCC rules. The board demands the match referee to be dismissed with immediate effect.”

PCB threatens

According to Cricbuzz, if the match referee Andy Picroft is not removed from the Asia Cup referee panel, Pakistan has threatened to boycott the match against UAE on 17 September. At the same time, a Pakistani news agency had earlier reported that if Andy Picroft is not removed, the Pak team can withdraw the name from the remaining matches of the Asia Cup. It was also claimed that PCB is considering taking huge action on the handshake controversy.

Paycroft is on target because he has not been able to take action on PCB’s complaint. He has been accused of taking decisions in India-Pakistan match beyond sportsmanship.