- By Namrata Vijay
- Sat, 27 Sep 2025 07:31 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2025 Final: Mohsin Naqvi, who is the chairman of the Asian Cricket Council [ACC], will be attending the India vs Pakistan Asia Cup summit clash on Sunday, and it remains to be seen how the Men in Blue will respond to this during the post-match trophy ceremony. He is also PCB's head.
Since the chief of a board attending a cricket match isn't something special, but what might become controversial is that his presence as the ACC chief, Naqvi, is supposed to attend the full post-match presentation ceremony.
As the head of the ACC, he does have the right to give away the trophy and also shake his hands with both teams.
As the Suryakumar Yadav-led side has been following a no-handshake policy with arch-rivals Pakistan, there are high chances that the BCCI won't allow the players to talk to the ACC chief, whose views have always been anti-India.
The board hasn't reacted officially to Naqvi attending the match.
It should be noted here that it was Naqvi who forced the PCB to file a complaint against Andy Pycroft for not letting them shake hands with the Indian team during their group stage match held earlier this month, and this claim was dismissed by the ICC.
And then Naqvi wished to get India captain Suryakumar Yadav from the summit clash. They had filed Level 4 charges against him for dedicating their win to the Indian Army and also tried to show solidarity with the victims of the Pahalgam attack.
"As of now, information is that he will come this evening, and obviously, as ACC chairman, he will be giving away the winner's trophy. Let's see what the BCCI decides," a source was quoted as saying to PTI.
Naqvi had also shared a cryptic video message on his official X account, where Cristiano Ronaldo was seen celebrating after scoring a goal by making a gesture of a plane going down.
It was quite what fast bowler Haris Rauf had done during the Super 4 match against arch-rival India, and that led to him getting fined.