The collage of images reveals Australia’s males’s and girls’s gamers in a video phase forward of India’s tour of Australia. – Screengrab/X
Australian cricketers, each women and men, mocked India’s latest no-handshake stance towards Pakistan throughout the ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 forward of their collection towards Males in Blue.
Gamers, together with Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh and Alyssa Healy, playfully joked concerning the controversy in a video shared by Kayo Sports activities, which has since been deleted.
Within the clip, the anchors humorously identified India’s avoidance of conventional greetings.
“We all know India is on its way. But we’ve identified one critical weakness,” one anchor stated, whereas the opposite added, “We know that they’re not huge fans of the traditional greeting,” mimicking a handshake gesture.
Australian gamers joined within the jest, with Nathan Ellis and Glenn Maxwell trying a mock fist-and-palm gesture. Ladies’s captain Alyssa Healy teased additional by wiggling her fingers in a playful gesture.
Spinner Sophie Molineux went on to make use of the “Italian salute,” historically an insulting gesture, adopted by flipping the center finger. Mitchell Marsh urged the “finger in the ice cup” as a substitute for the handshake, whereas different gamers added humorous gestures like “healing hands” and “salt on the popcorn.”
Hazlewood jokingly requested, “What about the shooter?” prompting laughter from your complete crew.
Though the unique video by Kayo Sports activities was eliminated, clips proceed to flow into on-line.
The incident revived recollections of the “handshake saga” from the ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup 2025, the place related controversies occurred on six events, together with throughout the group stage, Tremendous 4, and the ultimate.
Earlier within the match, the Indian crew persistently prevented post-match handshakes with Pakistan, heading straight to their dressing room even after profitable all three group-stage video games.
In a single occasion, Pakistani gamers waited on the sector for a conventional handshake, just for the Indian crew to go away instantly.
Pakistan’s crew supervisor, Naveed Akram Cheema, had filed an official criticism over India’s conduct, citing mishandling by match referee Andy Pycroft.
The PCB later confirmed that Pycroft described the incident as a “miscommunication” and issued an apology. The ICC expressed readiness to analyze the recurring incidents.
Indian media had additionally reported forward of the Tremendous 4 conflict that the crew deliberate to take care of a “no-handshake” coverage with Pakistan.
Wanting forward, India will journey to Australia for 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is beginning October 19, earlier than returning residence to host South Africa for a two-Check collection, three ODIs, and 5 T20Is.
