Mohsin Naqvi Unlikely To Attend ICC Meeting As BCCI Prepares To Raise Asia Cup Trophy Issue: Report

Asia Cup 2025 Trophy Row: Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi is expected to avoid the ICC's Executive Board meeting in Dubai, where the BCCI is set to raise the issue of the Asia Cup trophy not being presented to India. The decision is expected to be taken by the ACC chief due to the domestic political issues in Pakistan.

The four-day meeting began on Tuesday, and Naqvi, who is also the chairman of the Asian Cricket Council, was to face the BCCI's ire for not handing the trophy after the winning players refused to accept it from him due to his anti-India statements.

As per a report in the PTI, the source did not specify the exact political issues that would come in the way of his attendance. Naqvi also holds the position of interior in his country and has not attended ICC meetings after Jay Shah was elected Chairman of the world body last year.

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The report claimed, citing a PCB source said that the Board's Chief Operating Officer, Sumair Syed, will attend the chief executives' meeting, and in case Naqvi is unable to travel to Dubai, he could represent Pakistan in the all-important board meeting on November 7.

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The Asia Cup Trophy lies locked in the Asian Cricket Council headquarters in Dubai despite the final being held back in late September. The source said there was also a likelihood of Naqvi joining the board meeting remotely. The Pakistan minister was at the centre of the trophy controversy when he had it sent to the ACC secretariat in Dubai. He has since insisted that the Indian team must accept the trophy from him and has ordered the ACC staff not to move the silverware without his permission.

The BCCI wrote a letter to the ACC asking for the trophy to be sent to Mumbai, but Naqvi is insisting that it will be handed over to a BCCI representative and a member of the Indian team only by him at a function in Dubai on November 10.

It is to be noted that the Asia Cup 2025 was played amid the heavy speculations of India's boycott after the Pahalgam Terror Attack and the Operation Sindoor. The Indian team outclassed Pakistan in the tournament, beating them thrice, including in the final to lift their record-extending ninth title.