Published: Sep 29, 2025, 02:14 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 29, 2025, 02:14 PM (IST)
The Asia Cup 2025 final ended in a controversial fashion, with triumphant Team India not receiving their winner’s trophy, and the cricketers also left without their medals at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday night. The Indian team informed the organizers, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), that they would not accept the trophy from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief and ACC President Mohsin Naqvi.
It was 90 minutes of pure drama at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium after India won the Asia Cup beating Pakistan by five wickets in a thrilling final here on Sunday.
The Indian players were soon out on the field with some of the players being accompanied by their respective families. Skipper Suryakumar Yadav’s wife Devisha, head coach Gautam Gambhir’s wife and daughters were on the ground as everyone was in good spirits.
The presentation event was delayed for more than an hour because Naqvi refused to let other ACC leaders, such as Bangladesh’s Aminul Islam or Dubai Sports City chief Khalid Al Zarooni, present the prize.
A spectacular video shows Mohsin Naqvi leaving the Dubai International Stadium with the Asia Cup 2025 trophy and winners medals.
Mohsin Naqvi to Failed Marshal Asim Munir be like: Huzoor we lost the match but stole the trophy, you can now claim winning the Asia Cup exactly like Operation sindoor where we lost the war and but claimed victory. Typical Pakistanis. Chor!!! pic.twitter.com/LYuDI2Lk2N
— Raja Muneeb (@RajaMuneeb) September 28, 2025
The BCCI made it clear that they would not have accepted the Asia Cup 2025 trophy from Mohsin Naqvi under any situation. “BCCI would have lodged official protest if Naqvi had tried to forcefully hand over the trophy,†a senior BCCI official was quoted as saying by PTI news agency.
In this backdrop, post-match presenter Simon Doull made announcement for the individual sponsors’ awards as it is mandatory to acknowledge the stakeholders and investors of the event.
Once the individual awards were given and the Pakistan team collected their prizes from Bangladesh Cricket Board president Aminul Islam Bulbul, Doull announced: “I have been informed by the Asian Cricket Council that the Indian cricket team will not be collecting their awards tonight. So that does conclude the post-match presentation.”
