Dubai: The BCCI on Tuesday raised “strong objection” in the Asian Cricket Council’s AGM over India not being presented the winner’s trophy of the Asia Cup, but the body’s chairman Mohsin Naqvi remained defiant by “still not agreeing” to it.
India was not awarded the trophy on Sunday after they refused to take the silverware from Naqvi, who is also a minister in the Pakistan government and chairman of the country’s cricket board.
BCCI vice President Rajeev Shukla and former treasurer Ashish Shelar were the Board representatives in the AGM here.
Champions India weren’t awarded the Asia Cup 2025 winner’s trophy after the Men in Blue refused to take the silverware from Naqvi.
In light of the Pahalgam terror attack, the Indians had decided not to take the trophy from Naqvi, who is an interior minister in the Pakistan government. Based on a PTI report, BCCI demanded that the Asia Cup 2025 trophy be handed over to them, but Naqvi remained unmoved.
In the ACC AGM, BCCI is being represented by vice-president Rajeev Shukla and former treasurer Ashish Shelar. The Asia Cup trophy remains in the ACC office, and it is still not clear when it will reach the members of the winning team.
“India raised strong objections in the ACC meeting today on not handing over of the trophy and the drama by ACC chairman (Naqvi) during the post-match award event,” an ACC source told PTI.
“Shuklaji categorically said that the trophy should be handed over to the winning team. It is an ACC trophy and doesn’t belong to an individual, he said,” the source added. The source said Naqvi “still hasn’t agreed to give the trophy.”
Meanwhile, News18 reported that Shelar boycotted the ACC meet midway. It also added that BCCI might seek the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) help on the matter, which was also communicated to Naqvi.
