Overview
- Speaking with Hasan Minhaj on YouTube, Nanjiani called it “such a shame” that Indian players did not shake hands with Pakistan after their September Asia Cup match.
- Reports from the match said India won by seven wickets and Indian players, including captain Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube, headed straight to the dressing room without the customary post-match greeting.
- Hindustan Times reported that no one from the Indian dugout came out to meet Pakistan’s side, with captain Salman Ali Agha and teammates waiting outside the Indian dressing room.
- Nanjiani said India now holds far greater economic and cultural weight than Pakistan and described Pakistan’s cricket as weaker, calling the imbalance emotionally complicated.
- He linked the episode to rising nationalism in both countries’ films and recalled fear for family in Karachi during earlier tensions, while Indian media connected the handshake controversy to public anger after the Pahalgam terror attack.