The fallout from the Asia Cup 2025 altercation between India and Pakistan is ready to dominate discussions throughout varied boards throughout this week’s Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) quarterly conferences in Dubai. The Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) will convene on November 5, adopted by the Board assembly of all board heads on November 7.
Though the Asia Cup problem isn’t formally listed on the agenda, it’s anticipated to come up in the course of the Board assembly and will additionally characteristic in casual discussions on the sidelines. The tensions between the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have mirrored the strained political relations between the 2 nations this yr. Issues reached a flashpoint in the course of the Asia Cup, the place the groups met thrice.
The matches had been marred by controversy, together with a no-handshakes coverage instigated by the BCCI. 4 gamers, Haris Rauf, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, and Sahibzada Farhan. All these names, two from India and as many from Pakistan, had been taken into scrutiny and held responsible by the ICC, as their gestures had been deemed to be politically motivated.
The state of affairs escalated additional in the course of the trophy presentation, after India defeated Pakistan within the remaining. The Indian staff refused to simply accept the trophy from Mohsin Naqvi, who serves as each PCB chairman and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president. Since then, the trophy has not been publicly displayed, with studies suggesting it stays in an ACC workplace within the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Naqvi has maintained that, as ACC head, he alone has the best to current the trophy. Nonetheless, resulting from his political commitments as Pakistan’s Inside Minister, there are doubts over his bodily participation within the Dubai meet. Regardless of the lingering friction, a number of board members acknowledge the industrial and sporting significance of the India-Pakistan rivalry and are hopeful {that a} path towards decision could be outlined in the course of the week’s discussions.
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