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Asia Cup
A glimpse from India-Pak match on Sunday. Photo: BCCI/X

Pakistan lodge complaint against India for shutting dressing room door and refusing handshake after Asia Cup match

| @indiablooms | Sep 15, 2025, at 01:56 pm

Dubai/IBNS: The Pakistan cricket team have officially lodged a complaint against Team India after the men-in-blue shut their dressing room door and refused to shake hands with their opponents following the Group A match of Asia Cup on Sunday.

Team India players showed no courtesy to Pakistan men in the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians.

Pakistan team manager Naveed Akram Cheema has filed an official complaint with match referee Andy Pycroft.

"The Pakistani cricket team manager Naveed Akram Cheema has officially lodged a protest against the Indian cricket team, calling the behaviour against the spirit of sports," an official statement by the Pakistan team management said as quoted by Hindustan Times.

The Indian cricket board BCCI faced severe criticism from several quarters in the country for participating in the match even though India has decided to not hold any bilateral series as a protest against Pak-sponsored terrorism.

The calls from the netizens to boycott the match by not watching it flooded the internet while Suryakumar's men decided to snub the Pakistani players in the match, which was comprehensively won by India.

India's T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav refused to shake hands with Pakistani captain Salman Ali Agha at the toss followed by no handshake post match and in more humiliation for Islamabad, the Indian players shut the door of the dressing room not allowing the opponent to approach them.

When asked by reporters whether it was a planned act, Suryakumar said, "Our government and BCCI, we were aligned. Together, we came here, we took a call and I feel we came here just to play the game. And we gave them a proper reply. I feel a few things in life are ahead of sportsman's spirit also."

Several former Pakistani cricketers including legend Shoaib Akhtar criticised Team India's actions.

At the post-match presentation ceremony, Suryakumar dedicated the win to the Armed Forces and also expressed solidarity with the families of the Pahalgam terror attack victims.

"We stand by the victims of the families of the Pahalgam terror attack. We express our solidarity. We want to dedicate today's win to all our Armed Forces who showed a lot of bravery," the skipper said.

On field, India decimated Pakistan by seven wickets. After being put to bowl first, India restricted Pakistan to mere 127-9 in 20 overs.

Kuldeep Yadav, who didn't play a single Test in England, picked three wickets for 18 runs.

India chased down the total in only 15.5 overs when Suryakumar sweeped for a big shot to clinch the victory. The captain was the top scorer for India with his 47 off 37 balls.

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