The ‘Handshek controversy’ of the Asia Cup has once again come into the discussion. In the group stage match, India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets. At the time of the toss in that match, Suryakumar Yadav did not join hands with Salman Aga, while no player of Team India joined hands with Pakistani players after the match was over. Pakistani captain Salman Aga remembers that incident well, now he has also given his response.

When the Super-4 round match was played between India and Pakistan on 21 September, no player of Team India had joined hands with the Pakistan team. The Indian team can do something similar in the final match. Salman Aga has reacted to this and said that such actions set a bad example for the sportsmanship.

Pakistani captain Salman Aga said, “As far as joining hands, I have been playing professional cricket since 2007. I have never seen when 2 team players have not shook hands. My father has also been a big cricket fan and I have heard many stories related to cricket from him. He never mentioned when 2 teams have not shook hands.

Inshaallah we will win …

Despite the previous controversy of the tournament, Salman Aga’s entire focus is on winning the final match. However, India also dusted Pakistan in group stage and Super-4 rounds. Salman Aga said, “We do not pay attention to what is not under our control. We ignore the talk of the media and outside. Our goal is to win the Asia Cup.”

He further said, “We have come here to play good cricket and will try to win the final tomorrow. Inshallah will see us winning. If we are able to give our best in the entire 40 overs, then we can beat any team.”

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During the Asia Cup 2025, the Pakistan team is not getting rid of dirty antics. Tomorrow i.e. on 21 September, he has to play the match against India, but Pak team captain Salman Aga has again boycotted the press conference. This act of captain Salman Aga has once again done the work of provoking the spark in the handshake controversy. Remind you that even after the group match against India, Salman did not attend the Aga press conference.

The Pakistan Cricket Board was constantly demanding the removal of the Match Referee Andy Paiyoft from the Asia Cup. He even threatened to boycott the match against UAE. The PCB had also lodged a complaint against Andy Picroft at the ICC, but the International Cricket Board rejected the appeal. Now regardless of anyone, the Pakistani captain did not come back to the press conference again. Not only this, he also avoided coming to the media.

Salman Aga is trying to escape

Different claims are being made about Salman Agha’s not coming to the press conference. The performance of the Pak team under his captaincy has been mixed and it has also been claimed that they are trying to avoid questions on ‘Handshek Controversy’ by making this poor performance.

According to the news agency PTI, a source said that Pakistan has once again canceled the pre-match conference, which can avoid Andy Picroft and ‘No Handshek Controversy’. Also, let us tell you that in the Super-4 stage, match referee Andy Paiyoft is going to be in India vs Pakistan match. Pakistan team and PCB are being scandaling on their own will. It will be interesting to see whether the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) or the International Cricket Council (ICC) takes any action on it.

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The first match of the Asia Cup will be played between Afghanistan and Hong Kong today. Prior to this match, there was a press conference, in which the captains of all 8 teams participated. In the press conference, when Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav talked about showing aggression, Pak captain Salman Aga gave a sharp reply. At the same time, when the conference was over, Salman Aga showed airs, which everyone was shocked to see.

As soon as the press conference was over, the Pakistani captain stood up from the chair. There was such a wrinkle on his forehead that he immediately wanted to go out of there. Captains of India and Afghanistan Suryakumar Yadav and Rashid Khan were talking to each other. Then Pak captain Salmana Aga started stealing the most eyes and started going out of there.

On one hand, the rest of the captains were shaking hands with each other and also got a hug, but Salman Aga hit the ‘exit’ from there without looking at Suryakumar Yadav.

Suryakumar and Salman face to face on agration

In this press conference, the Indian and Pakistani captain was asked whether the India-Pakistan political relations would be headed on the Asia Cup match. First Suryakumar Yadav said that Team India takes on the field only with agreed and cricket cannot be played without aggression. On the other hand, Salman Aga gave a sharp reply and said that if the person in front wants to show aggressive nature, he will welcome it.

In the Asia Cup, the Indian team will play their first match with UAE on 10 September, but it will be fought against Pakistan on 14 September. Let us tell you that Team India has trampled Pakistan 10 times in the Asia Cup so far.

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