{"id":24029,"date":"2025-09-15T16:35:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=24029"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:40:01","slug":"lack-of-sportsmanship-reactions-pour-in-after-india-refuse-to-shake-hands-with-pakistan-in-asia-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=24029","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lack of sportsmanship\u2019: Reactions pour in after India refuse to shake hands with Pakistan in Asia Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pakistan\u2019s Salman Agha looks dejected as he walks to the pavilion after he is cuaght out by India\u2019s Abhishek Sharma off the bowling of India\u2019s Axar Patel during the Asia Cup 2025 T20 match between India and Pakistan at the Dubai International Stadium on Sept 14, 2025.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan suffered an ignominious defeat at the hands of India, who beat them by seven wickets after beating the paltry 128-run target set by the Green Shirts during yesterday\u2019s Asia Cup game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the match had been marred by controversy from the beginning due to calls from across the border to \u201cboycott<\/a>\u201d the fixture. It seems the pressure got to the players as well, with the Indian team refusing<\/a> to shake hands with their rivals at the toss and after the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav was said to have \u201cpoliticised\u201d the win by bringing up the Pahalgam terrorist attack in India-occupied Kashmir, over which the two countries fought a four-day military conflict<\/a> in May, saying the victory was \u201ca perfect gift\u201d for his nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From cricketers and politicians to fans and analysts watching the game, social media was rife with their takes on the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi expressed his disappointment over the \u201clack of sportsmanship\u201d in a post on X shortly after the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDragging politics into the game goes against the very spirit of sports. Let\u2019s hope future victories are celebrated by all teams with grace,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He later said that the PCB has also lodged a complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) against the match referee for his alleged violations of rules pertaining to the \u201cSpirit of Cricket\u201d and sought his removal from the Asia Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez simply wrote on X: \u201csportsmanship\u201d, followed by a broken heart emoji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, during a show aired on tapmad platform, said, \u201cDo not make this match political, it\u2019s a cricket match.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo a handshake. I said this pre-match too, that shake hands; there is no issue in it. It\u2019s a game of cricket. Show your grace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Akhtar lamented how the Indian cricketers took matters to the \u201cnext level\u201d, adding, \u201cI would go and shake hands with my enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cricket legend further said he did not like the \u201cpost-match ceremony\u201d, apparently referring to Suryakumar\u2019s comments, and that Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha made the right move by skipping the ceremony in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Pakistan pacer Aamir Jamal stated that when it comes to sportsmanship, \u201cIndia will always lack [in] these things\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citing Suryakumar\u2019s remarks about his not shaking hands being in alignment with the Indian government and its cricket board to \u201cgive a proper reply\u201d, Jamal said: \u201cThat\u2019s not a reply, it\u2019s [a] game of cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif lamented how India had brought \u201ccricket to this level\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLoss of face and international humiliation suffered by India in the recent conflict cannot be compensated by such shabby and petty attempts,\u201d Asif wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWounds inflicted by [Pakistan] armed forces, loss of IAF (Indian Air Force) planes, including mighty [Rafales] won\u2019t heal by such cheap theatrics,\u201d he said, referring to Pakistani forces downing<\/a> six Indian jets during the May conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndia\u2019s injection of politics into sports is shameful,\u201d wrote<\/a> PTI leader and ex-senator Faisal Javed Khan on X, as he criticised state-broadcaster PTV<\/em> for purportedly airing Suryakumar\u2019s \u201canti-Pakistan remarks\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Khurram Abbas, director of the India Study Centre at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, recalled that Yadav was \u201ctrolled in India\u201d after he shook hands<\/a> with Salman at the trophy reveal ceremony<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow under pressure and perhaps [on] instructions by the BCCI, Team India refused to shake hands with team Pakistan at the time of [the] toss and at the end of the match, which is against sportsman spirit,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis game is getting politicised \u2026 ICC should intervene.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1942168<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan\u2019s Salman Agha looks dejected as he walks to the pavilion after he is cuaght out by India\u2019s Abhishek Sharma off the bowling of India\u2019s Axar Patel during the Asia Cup 2025 T20 match between India and Pakistan at the Dubai International Stadium on Sept 14, 2025. Pakistan suffered an ignominious defeat at the hands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23991,23990],"tags":[23559,39,23558,36,23557,1579,23556,60],"class_list":["post-24029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-regional-geopolitics","tag-lack-of-sportsmanship-reactions-pour-in-after-india-refuse-to-shake-hands-with-pakistan-in-asia-cup","tag-india","tag-lack-of-hand-shake","tag-pakistan","tag-politicizing-sports","tag-sports","tag-sportsmanship","tag-geopolitics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24031,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24029\/revisions\/24031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}