Spectators react as India’s Abhishek Sharma drops the catch of Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan during the Asia Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
India’s Sanju Samson, left, attempts unsuccessfully to stump Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan during the Asia Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
India vs Pakistan: No handshake between captains ahead of Asia Cup Super Four match
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥 There was no handshake between India captain Suryakumar Yadav and Pakistan captain Salman Agha ahead of their teams’ Super 4 cricket match in the Asia Cup on Sunday.
Spectators react as India’s Abhishek Sharma drops the catch of Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan during the Asia Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥 There was no handshake between India captain Suryakumar Yadav and Pakistan captain Salman Agha ahead of their teams’ Super 4 cricket match in the Asia Cup on Sunday.
India won the toss and chose to bowl.
Pakistan’s midweek game against the United Arab Emirates was delayed by an hour in the fallout over Indian players refusing to shake hands with Pakistani players both at the toss and after a Group A match on Sept. 14. Pakistan proceeded to play UAE after claiming match referee Andy Pycroft had apologized for the 鈥渕iscommunication鈥 at the game against India.
Pycroft is again the ICC’s appointed match referee for Sunday’s Super 4 match.
The group game was the first between the India and Pakistan cricket teams since the , when gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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India is the designated host of the , but the Twenty20 tournament is being played in the UAE because the India and Pakistan cricket teams don鈥檛 play on each other鈥檚 territory.
Suryakumar has previously said that the Indian team was aligned with the Board of Control for Cricket in India and government instructions that players wouldn鈥檛 shake hands with Pakistan players.
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