‘The trophy will..’: Indian star reveals behind-the-scenes truth after Asia Cup 2025 final

However, that great innings helped the Indian team to win the match by five wickets and achieved another milestone. Suryakumar Yadav led the team and he refused to collect the trophy from ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi. The presentation was delayed an hour, but the Indian team stuck to their decision and Naqvi left with the trophy,

However, Tilak Varma also revealed that the Indian players were present on the ground and decided to celebrate the victory with a trophy.

“We were actually waiting at the ground for one hour. If you look at the TV visuals, you’ll see that I was lying on the ground. The rest were also lying on the ground. Arshdeep Singh was busy making reels. We were just waiting, and we were thinking, ‘The trophy will come anytime now.’ It was one hour, and the trophy was nowhere to be found. We were looking around, but the trophy was nowhere to be found,” said Tilak on Breakfast with Champions.

“Arshdeep said, let’s create an atmosphere. He said we should just celebrate in the same fashion as the T20 World Cup in 2024, minus the trophy. Abhishek Sharma, we, along with 5-6 more people, then gave our nod for the same. Then we went ahead with it,” he added.

Tilak Varma also talked about his heroic performance in the final match of the Asia Cup 2025 against Pakistan. ”We were confident, but cricket is a funny game. If you are playing a big tournament like the Asia Cup or the World Cup, and there’s a day when you don’t play to your potential, then it’s over. But the way in which I played against Pakistan in the final, I cannot play in the same fashion in every match,” he said.