The Asia Cup trophy impasse continued for a second successive year after the victorious Indian women’s cricket team declined to accept the trophy from Naqvi, who is also the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chairman, on Sunday. Both Indian teams are defending champions at the Asian Games and are favourites to win the gold medal again this year in Aichi-Nagoya 2026.
The Indian men’s and women’s cricket teams are expected to accept medals from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi, according to a report.
The teams first have to reach the podium. We will take a call then, taking into account all prevailing factors at that moment. We will cross that bridge when we come to it. The focus of the board and players is only on winning matches. We don’t want to comment on anything else that hasn’t happened yet.”
The Indian teams will accept medals from Naqvi if the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) delegates him to present them, according to a report in The Times of India (TOI). “According to OCA regulations and top Indian Olympic Association (IOA) sources, if Naqvi is officially delegated the responsibility by OCA president Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar, Indian athletes will be expected to accept their medals. Refusal to do so will be regarded as disrespecting the Games, the OCA and its authorised representative, potentially inviting disciplinary action,” the report said. When asked about the BCCI’s stance, board secretary Devajit Saikia said: “We are focusing solely on the matches.
