Alleging that draws have been “neatly arranged” to ensure India-Pakistan clashes in ICC tournaments for “economic needs”, former England captain Michael Atherton has called for a complete halt to cricket between the two bitter rivals as sport has become a “proxy for broader tensions and propaganda”. In a scathing column for The Times, Atherton cited…
Indian players decided against handshakes with Pakistan players for a third time this Asia Cup 2025 when they walked off the field after the final. Tilak Varma and Rinku Singh were the batters who hit the winning runs for India, and the pair headed for the dugout once the game concluded even as celebrations ensued….
The victorious Indian team was denied the Asia Cup winners’ trophy after it refused to collect it from Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Mohsin Naqvi, who also happens to be Pakistan’s Interior Minister and chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Following the unprecedented incident, India captain Suryakumar Yadav said he had never seen…
India captain Suryakumar Yadav and his Pakistan counterpart Salman Agha did not shake hands at the toss for a third time in Asia Cup 2025 when they opted against greeting each other at the coin flip in the final. The two captains had not greeted each other during their games in the group stage and…
Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill’s trademark aggression lifted India from an uninspiring day in the field as the Men in Blue romped home to a six-wicket victory over Pakistan to maintain their unbeaten run in the Asia Cup. The win also made it four successive wins for India against Pakistan in T20Is, a bragging…
India captain Suryakumar Yadav didn’t mention the word ‘Pakistan’ even once during a 12-minute press conference ahead of his team’s rip-roaring Asia Cup Super-Four match in Dubai on Sunday. In the wake of the handshake saga that followed India’s seven-wicket group-stage win over Pakistan last Sunday, the fixture has acquired renewed interest, particularly surrounding…
India registered its second-biggest T20I win against Pakistan, in terms of balls remaining, in their Asia Cup 2025 encounter in Dubai on Sunday. The Men in Blue coasted to a seven-wicket win, with 25 balls to spare in the second innings. This was just short of India’s performance against Pakistan in 2016, when it claimed…
India brushed aside Pakistan by seven wickets, hurrying to a 128-run target in 15.5 overs with skipper Suryakumar Yadav clearing the midwicket boundary and rushing to the team dugout to steer clear of the customary post-match handshake. It all happened in a flash, as Abhishek Sharma smashed a four down the ground and laced…
Indian players walked off without offering an on-field handshake to their Pakistan counterparts following a seven-wicket win in the Asia Cup 2025 Group A encounter in Dubai. Skipper Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 47 off 37 balls to set up a facile win for India, after which he and non-striker Shivam Dube appeared to walk…
India captain Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday dedicated the Indian team’s thumping seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Asia Cup to the country’s armed forces and said that his side stands with the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack. “I think it’s a perfect occasion and taking the time out, we stand by with the victims…