Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi tackle a banquet ceremony hosted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in honour of the under-19 Pakistan Cricket workforce, which gained the U19 Asia Cup 2025, on December 22, 2025 in Islamabad. — PIDIndian gamers saved frightening Pakistani cricketers in closing: Naqvi. PCB chairman says Pakistan will inform ICC about incident.Sarfaraz additionally criticises India over “unethical conduct” throughout closing.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Monday introduced that they’d method the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) over the “provocation” by Indian gamers towards Pakistan in the course of the ACC Males’s Asia Cup 2025 closing.
The Inexperienced Shirts crushed their arch-rivals, securing a convincing 191-run victory, within the blockbuster closing on the ICC Academy on Sunday.
Talking on the reception hosted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in honour of the Asian Underneath-19 champion workforce, PCB Chairman Naqvi mentioned: “Indian players kept provoking Pakistani players in the U19 Asia Cup final.”
“Pakistan will inform the ICC about the incident,” he mentioned, including that politics and sports activities needs to be saved separate.
Cricketing relations between the 2 neighbouring international locations have remained tense resulting from geopolitical tensions.
Talking on the event, Pakistan U19 cricket workforce mentor and former nationwide captain Sarfaraz Ahmed criticised India over “unethical conduct” in the course of the closing.
“India’s behaviour regarding the game was not good, and the Indian team’s conduct in cricket was unethical,” he mentioned.
Sarfaraz mentioned: “But we celebrated the victory with sportsmanship, because there should always be sportsmanship in cricket; what India did is their own action.”
In September, India’s Suryakumar Yadav snubbed customary handshakes with Pakistani captain Salman Ali Agha and gamers throughout their three Asia Cup 2025 video games, together with the ultimate.
The absence of the standard handshake on the conclusion of the matches drew international consideration, with observers pointing to an absence of sportsmanship and recreation spirit from India.
The Indian workforce additionally refused to gather the Asia Cup 2025 trophy from Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President Mohsin Naqvi after defeating Pakistan within the closing by 5 wickets.
The transfer reportedly got here on the directives of the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI).
