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India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2025: The Indian cricket team was seen sending a serious message after defeating Pakistan by 7 wickets in the Asia Cup 2025 match 6 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

As soon as skipper Suryakumar Yadav smashed the winning six off Sufiyan Muqeem, the star batter was quick to head back to the Indian pavilion with Shivam Dube. The Indian players avoided the usual handshakes after the match.

Earlier in the day, Suryakumar and Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha had also not shaken hands or made eye contact during the toss.

The Indian players and staff exchanged embraces amongst themselves, but no formal exchanges were made between them and the Pakistan players. A customary handshake after the conclusion of the matches in international cricket is a convention and not specified as a rule.

It is for the first time that arch-rivals India and Pakistan faced off in a cricket match since the Pahalgam terror attacks earlier this year in April, which led to India launching retaliatory military action across the border in early May.

Last month, India announced a new sports policy under which its teams and athletes will not be allowed to engage in bilateral events with Pakistan, but can face them in multilateral international tournaments.

Talking about the match, this was India's second win of the tournament as they chased down the 128-run target to extend their recent dominance over the arch-rivals Pakistan.

 

India vs Pakistan Playing XIs, Asia Cup 2025:

India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris(w), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha(c), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed