PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi speaks through the ICC Males’s Champions Trophy 2025 curtain raiser occasion at Diwan-e-Aam, Lahore Fort in Lahore on February 16, 2025. — ICC
India drags politics into cricket to break recreation’s spirit:
NaqviSays was able to current trophy on ultimate day and even right now.India can gather trophy from ACC workplace, if it desires: Naqvi.
Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, in a powerful rebuttal in opposition to current claims circulating in Indian media, denied apologising to the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) over the Asia Cup trophy presentation row.
Addressing what he known as “fabricated, nonsense and cheap propaganda,” Naqvi, who additionally heads the Pakistan Cricket Board, mentioned that Indian media is prioritising misinformation over info.
“This fabricated nonsense is nothing but cheap propaganda, aimed only at misleading their own people,” he posted on X.
“I have done nothing wrong and I have never apologised to the BCCI nor will I ever do so,” the ACC chairman added.
He additionally took a jibe on the “persistent politicisation” of cricket in India and mentioned, “Unfortunately, India continues to drag politics into cricket, damaging the very spirit of the game.”
Naqvi clarified that he was ready at hand over the trophy on the ultimate day and even right now.
“I used to be prepared at hand over the trophy that very day and I’m nonetheless prepared now. In the event that they [India] actually need it [trophy], they’re welcome to come back to the ACC workplace and gather it from me,” he concluded.
The trophy row adopted a collection of controversies involving the Indian staff through the Asia Cup — from gamers snubbing handshakes to refusing to obtain the trophy from Naqvi.
Naqvi responded that the problem was not a part of the assembly’s agenda. After additional insistence, he remarked that if the Indian staff needed the trophy, its captain ought to go to the ACC workplace personally to obtain it.
No determination was taken but on whether or not the trophy will likely be handed over to the Indian facet.
In keeping with sources near regional cricket our bodies, BCCI officers — who attended the assembly just about — reacted sharply to Naqvi’s stance, demanding as a substitute that the trophy be transferred to the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) headquarters.
Different ACC members reportedly tried to defuse tensions, urging Indian officers to point out restraint. Nevertheless, the BCCI delegation abruptly left the assembly and minimize its digital feed.
