BCCI to lodge protest towards Naqvi after Asia Cup trophy presentation fiasco

Devajit Saikia, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary, has condemned the act of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chairman Mohsin Naqvi taking the Asia Cup trophy together with him from the dais after India declined to just accept it from him. Mr. Saikia additionally confirmed that the BCCI will take up the difficulty within the subsequent International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Board assembly in November.

“We have determined to not take the trophy from the ACC chairman (Naqvi) who occurs to be the one of many most important leaders of Pakistan, so now we have determined to not take it from him. But that doesn’t imply that the gentleman will take away the trophy,” Mr. Saikia mentioned right here moments after Suryakumar Yadav’s squad celebrated on the champions’ podium and not using a trophy.

“We got here together with the medals, so it is vitally unlucky, very unsporting and we hope that the trophy and the medals might be returned to India as quickly as potential.”

The deadlock between the BCCI and Mr. Naqvi first resulted within the presentation ceremony delayed by virtually 90 minutes and ended with the presenter strolling away with the trophy as a substitute of the successful captain.

“In the subsequent ICC convention in Dubai within the first week of November, we’re going to lodge a really severe and really robust protest towards the act of ACC chairperson.

Announcing a money prize of ₹21 crore mixed to India’s squad – together with gamers and assist workers – for successful the Asia Cup, Mr. Saikia drew a parallel between the Asia Cup triumph and Operation Sindoor in May, within the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror assaults.

“We are very pleased with our group and so they have excellently delivered within the cricket pitch,” Mr. Saikia mentioned. “Our armed forces have delivered it within the border space. Now the identical factor has been repeated in Dubai. So this is a wonderful second, a momentous event for Indian cricket.”