Overview

• ACC president Mohsin Naqvi denied apologising to the BCCI and called Indian media reports of an apology fabricated.
• Naqvi said India can receive the Asia Cup trophy only by collecting it from him at the ACC office in Dubai.
• An ACC meeting in Dubai, with the BCCI represented remotely, ended without a decision on handing over the trophy or player medals.
• The BCCI plans to raise a formal complaint at the ICC’s November meeting over the presentation standoff after India refused to accept the trophy from Naqvi.
• The tournament featured repeated India–Pakistan flashpoints, and reactions since the final have split public figures, with AB de Villiers urging politics be kept out and former players from both countries criticising the opposing side.