Controversies
The tournament witnessed a series of controversies involving arch rivals India and Pakistan, who participated in the backdrop of the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict. [46]
Ahead of a group stage match, the tournament organizers mistakenly played a few seconds of "Jalebi Baby" instead of Pakistan's national anthem, prompting criticism from the Pakistani audience. [47] [48]
Handshake-gate
During the coin toss of the group stage match between India and Pakistan, both captains refrained from shaking hands, reportedly on the advice of the match referee Andy Pycroft. After the conclusion of the game, the Indian players walked off without exchanging handshakes with the Pakistani side. [49] Pakistan's head coach Mike Hesson expressed disappointment, while the PCB lodged a formal protest against Pycroft and later suspended its operations director Usman Wahla over the handling of the episode. [50] PCB's demand for the removal of Pycroft from the remainder of the tournament was rejected by the International Cricket Council (ICC). [51] The subsequent group stage match between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates was delayed by an hour amid uncertainty over Pakistan's further participation in the tournament, but eventually went ahead after the PCB claimed that Pycroft had apologised for the "miscommunication", while the ICC confirmed he would continue as match referee. [52]
Disciplinary hearings against Yadav, Rauf and Farhan
The BCCI lodged a complaint with the ICC against Pakistani players Haris Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan for their "provocative gestures" during the Super Four match between India and Pakistan. [53] While fielding near the boundary, Rauf made a "jet crashing" gesture and a "6-0" finger sign, interpreted by Indian media as a symbolic reference to Pakistan's claim of shooting down six Indian aircraft during Operation Sindoor. [53] [54] [55] [56] A video published by NDTV showed that Rauf repeated the same gesture after taking a wicket, indicating his actions were not limited to a single incident. [57] [53] Earlier in the same match, Farhan celebrated his half-century by mimicking firing a rifle with his bat, which was described as provocative and insensitive by the Indian media. [58] [53] The PCB also registered a complaint against India captain Suryakumar Yadav, who expressed solidarity with the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and dedicated his team's win to the Indian Army, which the PCB alleged were "political statements". [59]
All three players pleaded not guilty to breaching the ICC Cricket Code of Conduct. After disciplinary hearings, the ICC fined Yadav and Rauf 30% of their match fees, [60] [55] while Farhan was let off with a warning. [55]
Presentation ceremony controversy
After India defeated Pakistan in the final, the presentation ceremony was delayed by more than an hour as the Pakistani team arrived late, [61] [62] and India refused to accept the winners' trophy and medals from Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Mohsin Naqvi, who is also Pakistan's Interior Minister and Chairman of the PCB. [63] When Pakistani captain Salman Ali Agha was presented with the runners-up cheque of US$75,000 by Aminul Islam of the ACC, he flung it to the ground almost instantly, attracting both loud cheers and boos from the crowd still present in the stands. [64] [65]
Despite the Indian team's objection, Naqvi insisted on presenting the trophy and medals to them himself, resulting in an impasse. India were not awarded the trophy and medals during the ceremony, and Naqvi reportedly left the stadium with the trophy. [66] [67] Following this, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav celebrated the Indian victory by hoisting an 'imaginary trophy' with his team. Later he criticised the handling of the ceremony and said his team had been "denied" the opportunity to lift the trophy. [68]
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia described Naqvi's act of "taking away" the trophy and medals as "unsporting", and announced that the BCCI would protest his actions at the ICC conference in November. [69] On 1 October, three days after the final, Naqvi reiterated his refusal to give the trophy to India unless the team personally collected it from him at the ACC head office in Dubai. [70]
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