Mohsin Naqvi, president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), received a formal letter from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) asking for the Asia Cup trophy to be handed over. According to reports, in their Tuesday response to the Indian board, the ACC suggested holding a trophy presentation event in Dubai during the first week of November.
In a ceremony they are willing to hold next month, ACC is willing to give India the Asia Cup trophy, according to a report in Geo News that cited insiders. The ACC reportedly told the BCCI, "If you want the trophy, we can hold a ceremony where you can receive it."
Following their victory over Pakistan in the final in Dubai last month, the Suryakumar Yadav-led Indian side declined to accept the Asia Cup trophy from Naqvi, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board and Pakistan's interior minister. As a result, in an unprecedented gesture, Naqvi walked away with the trophy and it has been at the ACC headquarters ever since.
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As a show of respect for the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack, Suryakumar and his teammates refused to shake hands with their Pakistani counterparts, which sparked tension on the pitch during the first two Asia Cup 2025 matches.
According to another PTI report, the BCCI has turned down the ACC's invitation to pick up the trophy from the organization's headquarters in Dubai. The BCCI has received support from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, two other ACC members. It is anticipated that the Indian board will raise the matter at the ICC meeting next month.
"The BCCI secretary, BCCI's ACC representative Rajeev Shukla and representatives of other member boards, including Sri Lanka Cricket and Afghanistan, had written to the ACC president last week over handing the trophy to India," the ACC source said.
"But his response was that someone from BCCI should come to Dubai and take the trophy from him. So that matter has still not moved. BCCI has made its stance clear that it won't be receiving the trophy from him. So the matter will most likely be decided in the ICC meeting," he added.
Former BCCI secretary Jay Shah currently heads the ICC.
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