Indian skipper Surya Kumar Yadav speaks at post-match ceremony after Asia Cup conflict towards Pakistan at Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE, September 14, 2025. — X
India comfortably defeated Pakistan with a seven-wicket victory in Dubai throughout the Asia Cup conflict, however their captain’s victory speech lacked ‘sportsman spirit’ as he selected to politicise cricket.
On the finish of the sport, Suryakumar Yadav mentioned: “…we stand with the victims of the families of the Pahalgam terror attack, and we express our solidarity, and we want to dedicate today’s win to the armed force.”
The Pakistani armed forces not solely shot down Indian drones that got here into Pakistani territory, destroyed their examine posts on the border, but additionally shot down their six fighter jets, together with the French-made Rafale.
Pakistanis additionally discovered humorous methods to remind India of the warfare, with one social media consumer saying that “our national game is to down Indian jets”.
There was additionally pressure throughout the match between the groups because the captains didn’t shake arms on the toss, nor did the groups meet post-match, defying decades-long cricket traditions.
However what struck a chord with social media customers was skipper Yadav’s political speech.
“Suryakumar yadav bringing Politics in the between cricket and dedicated win to Phalagam attack and Indian Armed forces,” a consumer mentioned, including: “Surya Kumar Yadav dedicated the win to 6 – 0 Score?”
One other witty consumer added: “Suryakumar Yadav said, ‘We stand with the victims of the families of Pahalgam by putting Pakistan in the same group as India and scheduling the match on Sunday for higher viewership’.”
A consumer puzzled whether or not Yadav’s speech was allowed beneath the ICC guidelines.
One other expressed dismay and mentioned that the closing ceremony was a “total chaos”.
A consumer additionally shared a video displaying how the Indian group as an entire confirmed no sportsmanship.
