Cricket
oi-Ashish Rana
BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla on Monday cleared that BCCI had collectively determined that India ladies crew wouldn’t obtain Asia Cup trophy from Mohsin Naqvi.
India’s ladies’s cricket crew gained the Asia Cup, however the BCCI determined they’d not obtain the trophy from ACC head Mohsin Naqvi, a call confirmed by VP Rajiv Shukla, mirroring the same earlier protest by the boys’s crew.
Indian ladies crew gained the ultimate match towards Sri Lanka with 72 runs on Sunday in Dubai and gained the Asia Cup. Nevertheless, Mohsin Naqvi who heads the Asian Cricket Council was not concerned in presenting the trophy to Indian gamers.
That is precisely the identical sort of stance what Indian males crew took through the 2025 Asia Cup and did not obtain the trophy from Naqvi’s hand after protesting towards Pahalgam terror assault that claimed 26 lives.
“We mentioned the matter amongst ourselves and determined that we might not settle for it (trophy) from him. It was our collective determination. He (Naqvi) additionally didn’t increase any objection to it,” Shukla informed reporters after arriving on the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport with the crew.
Naqvi Did Not Object To Choice
“We knowledgeable our crew accordingly, and he introduced it to whoever he needed to after which left,” Shukla added.
The veteran administrator’s feedback had been consistent with the stance taken earlier by BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia.
“We had taken a acutely aware determination contemplating all prevailing points, and our place had been communicated to the ACC upfront, that the Indian crew wouldn’t take part within the trophy presentation underneath the circumstances,” Saikia had informed PTI earlier.
Shukla Defends Saikia-Naqvi Interplay
Some photographs had surfaced earlier exhibiting Saikia speaking to Naqvi through the Asia Cup last. Nevertheless, Shukla described the interplay as a routine one.
“What Saikia ji mentioned is completely right. If you find yourself at a match, everyone seems to be current there and interacts in knowledgeable capability. Due to this fact, I don’t assume there needs to be a lot criticism over that,” he mentioned.
BCCI Assured Of Asian Video games Success
Shukla additionally congratulated the Indian ladies’s crew on profitable the Asia Cup and expressed confidence that the gamers would carry out nicely on the upcoming Asian Video games in Japan.
“We grew to become Asia Cup champions. Our ladies have as soon as once more made us proud and we’ll proceed to win sooner or later.
“The crew is now heading to Japan and we’re totally assured that we’ll safe a victory there as nicely,” he mentioned.