Despite a new letter from the BCCI, supported by the boards of Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, Mohsin Naqvi, the Pakistani head of the Asian Cricket Council, has refused to give over the Asia Cup trophy, which has not yet reached victors India.
Naqvi has demanded that a BCCI delegate pick up the trophy from him at the organization's offices in Dubai, but the Indian board has rejected that demand, a senior ACC source said according to a PTI report. The BCCI has reaffirmed that it will bring up this issue in the ICC meeting the following month.
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"The BCCI secretary [Devajit Saikia], 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 PTI report quoted the ACC source as saying.
"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.
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Jay Shah, a former BCCI secretary, is in charge of the ICC.
In an unprecedented turn of events, Naqvi walked away with the trophy after the Indian team refused to accept it from him during the presentation ceremony. Since then, it has been at the ACC headquarters. In addition, Naqvi serves as his nation's interior minister and chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
To show their respect for the victims of the Pahalgam terror tragedy, the Indians declined to shake hands with their Pakistani counterparts during the Asia Cup. During the three-week event, the two teams faced off every Sunday, with India winning all the matches, including the final.
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