The people of Pakistan were hopeful that their team would defeat India in the T20 World Cup. On the contrary, the team could not even compete, Suryakumar Yadav and team won the one-sided match against Pakistan. As usual, even after this defeat, there was an uproar in Pakistan. Shoaib Akhtar told PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi the reason for the bad condition of the Pakistan team. But the words he used along with it created an uproar.

Shoaib Akhtar said on ABP channel, “If I am made the chairman of your channel, I will not know how it works. You made someone who does not know anything about cricket the chairman of the PCB. Now what to do? How will this team work? You have made a guy a superstar, but he cannot win even a match. You have made the one who cannot play 10 overs a star. If there are such stars, then the situation will be the same.”

Where did the controversy start?

Mohsin Naqvi is currently the Chief of Pakistan Cricket Board, under whose tenure Pakistan has been disgraced many times in the cricket world. He ran away with the Asia Cup trophy, which was won by Team India. Earlier, Pakistan was refusing to play group stage match against India, the reason for which was also attributed to Naqvi. But then PCB had to bow before ICC. Naqvi is shown as a hero in Pakistan cricket, but when his team lost to India, a former Pakistani cricketer called him illiterate.

After Pakistan’s defeat against India, Shoaib Akhtar had said, “What is the biggest crime in the world? That giving a big position to an unqualified person. When an unqualified and illiterate person is allowed to do a big job, that person will destroy the country. The example is in front of you. Your team went far ahead and we (Pakistan) were left behind. There is no competition, it is just a matter of TRP. Sell on TV, no competition is visible on the field. But now I want Pakistan to win from Namibia and if any miracle happens then I cannot stop supporting Pakistan.

Chaos in Pakistan due to Shoaib Akhtar’s statement

Whatever Akhtar said for Mohsin Naqvi created an uproar in Pakistan. He called the Chief of the Cricket Board of his own country an illiterate. There was so much uproar that Akhtar had to take a U-turn from his statement. He said that my words were misinterpreted.

Shoaib Akhtar said that he had not said the illiterate thing for Mohsin Naqvi. This was for the top officials running international cricket. I had also said that I will not listen to anything negative about Mohsin Bhai. Akhtar now praised Naqvi and said, “He wants to make Pakistan cricket better. He is a good person and wants to do good work. He is not getting the right advice.” He said that Naqvi is not choosing the right people to choose the right team.

Now how will Pakistan reach Super-8?

Pakistan faces Namibia in the last match of the group stage. To qualify for Super-8, Pakistan has to win at any cost. If there is an upset and Namibia wins this match, then America will become the second team of Group A along with India to reach the Super-8. Pakistan vs Namibia match will start on 18 February at 3 pm.

Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, India defeated Pakistan in the final to win the Asia Cup 2025 title, but could not take the Indian Players Trophy in hand. In fact, PCB Chief and ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi was about to give a trophy to Surya, but the team decided that he could not take a trophy at the hands of a person who is talking about waging war against his country. After this, Naqvi was so irritated that the trophy of champion Team India took the trophy with him.

Talking to the Indian Express, Suryakumar Yadav said, “We were not sitting inside the dressing room after closing the doors. We did not wait for anyone in the presentation ceremony. He ran away with the trophy. That’s what I saw. I don’t know, some people were making our videos, but we were standing. We were not inside.

Another video is going viral on social media, in which an ACC employee is taking the trophy with him. On the night of the final night, there was news that Naqvi took this trophy with him, before that he had asked to send the trophy out to see Team India.

Look how they are running amy with the asia cup trophy on moohsin naqvi’s instructions.

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– ⁴⁵ (@rushiii_12) September 29, 2025

Suryakumar Yadav, who came to the press conference after the final, made it clear that neither the BCCI nor the government had asked him to take the trophy from Mohsin Naqvi. The decision not to take the trophy was completely of the team. Earlier, Indian players did not join hands with Pakistani players after the match against Pakistan in group stage and Super-4. There were two presenter during the toss in the final, Ravi Shastri spoke to Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav and Waqar Younis spoke to Pakistan captain Salman Ali Aga.