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Tensions High in Dubai as India Refuses Handshakes with Pakistan Players
Team India refuse handshakes: In the Asia Cup 2025, India has registered a spectacular victory by crushing Pakistan by 7 wickets. After this match, Suryakumar and company have given a big message to the world by not shaking hands with the Pakistani players.
The result of the group stage match of Asia Cup 2025, which cricket fans around the world were eagerly awaiting, has arrived. Once again, the Indian team has decisively defeated their arch-rival Pakistan. The atmosphere was electric not only during this high-stakes match played in Dubai on Sunday night but also afterward. After winning, no Indian player shook hands with the Pakistani players, causing the Pakistan team to leave the field with their heads down. Moreover, Salman Aga did not even attend the post-match presentation interview in anger.
No player shook hands before or after India's seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Asia Cup, as tensions between the two countries were evident on the field in Dubai. Suryakumar Yadav explained that India had decided beforehand, with the BCCI and the Government of India, not to shake hands with the opposition team. Pakistan was very disappointed by this decision. Pakistani coach Mike Hesson stated that the team was expecting to shake hands after the match, but later found out that India had ignored them.
A few hours after the match ended, the PCB issued a statement saying that the Pakistan team manager had lodged a formal protest, as he had requested the captains not to shake hands during the toss. It is also notable that, due to not shaking hands, Pakistan's captain Salman Aga did not participate in the TV interview after the match.
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Suryakumar mentioned in the post-match press conference that their government, the BCCI, and the team had all agreed not to shake hands. "We had come here only to play the match, and we have given a proper answer." When asked if refusing to shake hands was against the spirit of sportsmanship, Surya responded that some things in life are more important than sportsmanship. He added that during the presentation, he also expressed solidarity with the victims of the Pahalgam terror attacks and their families.
In fact, this was the first meeting between the two sides since the cross-border hostility between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack in April, and there was uncertainty about the match in the intervening months, with many demands for India to boycott it. Nevertheless, Team India chose to come and play.
