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Asia Cup Trophy Standoff Deepens as Naqvi Tells India to Collect Prize From ACC Office

The BCCI plans to move the case to the ICC after Mohsin Naqvi rejected a neutral handover.

Overview

  • Four days after the final, India still has not received the trophy or medals, following the team’s refusal to accept them from ACC president Mohsin Naqvi during a presentation that was delayed by over an hour.
  • Naqvi posted that India should come to the ACC office to collect the silverware and rejected reports he apologised to the BCCI, saying he had done nothing wrong.
  • An ACC meeting in Dubai chaired by Naqvi, with BCCI representatives attending remotely, ended without a decision on transferring the trophy and medals to India.
  • BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said the board will file a formal complaint at the ICC’s November meeting, with Indian officials also pursuing options within the ACC.
  • Public reaction remains split, with AB de Villiers urging politics stay out of sport as former Pakistan players Basit Ali and Mohammad Yousuf back Naqvi, and regional reports describe ACC member divisions and a proposed Pakistani honour for Naqvi.