India skipper Suryakumar Yadav with teammate Shivam Dube. (Pic Credit: ACC) NEW DELHI: There is plenty of noise about India refusing to shake hands with Pakistan players after their Asia Cup 2025 Group A match in Dubai on Sunday — and rightly so. The customary handshake was expected, but never came. What slipped under the…
Pakistan team after the match in Dubai. (Pic credit: Pratyush Raj/TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: India’s commanding seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Asia Cup on Sunday may have looked routine on the scoreboard, but the aftermath turned the Dubai International Stadium into the stage of a diplomatic drama. Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha refused to attend…
Pakistan players greet each other after their loss in the Asia Cup against India (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: The handshake row between India and Pakistan has taken yet another fiery turn, with former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif urging his country’s cricket board to lodge an official complaint. In an explosive reaction, Latif said…
No handshakes between the two teams after the game (Images via X, Getty Images) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: India cruised to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan in their high-stakes Asia Cup Group A clash on Sunday, but the result was overshadowed by off-field drama as Indian players skipped the customary post-match handshake.Chasing 128, skipper Suryakumar Yadav…
Shivam Dube (L) of India and Suryakumar Yadav (R) of India celebrate victory (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) India skipper Suryakumar Yadav dedicated his team’s emphatic seven-wicket win over Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025 to the armed forces and the victims of the recent Pahalgam terror attack.“We stand by the victims of the families…
Mike Hesson (Photo by TOI Sports reporter Pratyush Raj) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: India’s commanding seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Asia Cup Group A clash on Sunday was overshadowed by a post-match controversy, with Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson expressing disappointment over India’s refusal to engage in the customary handshake.“We were ready to shake hands,…
Captain Suryakumar Yadav in conversation with reporters after the match (Picture credit – Pratyush Raj/TimesofIndia.com) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: India captain Suryakumar Yadav hit the winning runs on Sunday as the defending Asia Cup champions pulled off a comfortable win over Paksitan in the heavily anticipated Group A clash. Following his side’s second consecutive win in…
India vs Pakistan (Getty Images) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: A few days ago, R Ashwin cheekily suggested that South Africa be thrown into the Asia Cup mix and the event be rechristened the Afro-Asia Cup, just to inject some real competition. After Sunday, he may have had a point.On Sunday, under the sweltering Dubai heat, the…
Shivam Dube and Suryakumar Yadav immediately walk down the ground and into the Team India hut after the win. They did not shake hands with the Pakistan players (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) India captain Suryakumar Yadav said his team’s decision to avoid handshakes with Pakistan players following their Asia Cup clash in Dubai was…
Mohammad Nawaz makes a mess of easy catch (Screengrabs) Cricket fans were left in splits on Sunday during the India-Pakistan Group A clash of the Asia Cup 2025 when Pakistan bowler Mohammad Nawaz produced a moment of comic relief in an otherwise one-sided contest.The incident came in the 12th over of India’s reply when Tilak…
