Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma seen pose for an image together with a sticker of a trophy to rejoice Asia Cup 2025 win. — Instagram@surya_14kumar
Indian cricketers are going through backlash after sharing images on-line with what seems to be a “fake trophy”, simply hours after the Males in Blue refused to simply accept the official Asia Cup 2025 silverware.
The transfer has sparked ridicule, with many questioning why the gamers would pose with a duplicate whereas snubbing the actual prize, elevating eyebrows over what precisely they had been celebrating.
Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav and batters, together with Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma and others, uploaded photographs of themselves posing with a trophy sticker, added to the pictures by way of enhancing, on social media platforms.
The photographs prompted a wave of mockery from followers, with many questioning the aim of a pretend trophy show when the (Indian) crew refused to gather the trophy from ACC Chief Mohsin Naqvi.
One person wrote: “Another fake trophy… just like the fake ‘Op Sindoor’ glory. Shine outside, hollow inside.”
Defence analyst stated: “From the Delusional Cricket Team celebrating imaginary trophies, to the Delusional Air Force Chief, and the Delusional Government cheering like a cartoon, India truly lives in an alternate reality of its own imagination. Funny people!”
One Indian journalist stated: “Suryakumar Yadav can do all the posturing and cheering, but he’ll have to live with the fact that, despite being a star cricketer and an India captain, he was used as a political pawn to the whims and fancies (and hypocrisy) of the government.”
Asia Cup trophy debacle
The closing ceremony of the ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 resulted in controversy on Sunday after the Males in Blue declined to gather the winners’ trophy from Mohsin Naqvi, who additionally heads the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
India earlier defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in a tense last on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium.
Nonetheless, the post-match presentation was delayed after the Indian facet refused to simply accept the trophy from Naqvi, damaging the gentleman’s recreation.
The ceremony concluded with out the standard handover, marking an uncommon finish to the event. No customary handshakes had been exchanged between gamers, persevering with a sample from earlier matches the place political undercurrents and heightened tensions had been evident.
“I have been informed by the ACC that the Indian cricket team will not be collecting their awards tonight. So that does conclude the post-match presentation,” presenter Simon Doull stated.
Pakistan skipper Salman Agha stated India’s actions through the event had been “bad for cricket”.
