Team India’s refusal to accept the 2025 Asia Cup trophy at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday from Mohsin Naqvi was a pointed political statement, which stood as a clear rejection of Pakistan’s ongoing disinformation and propaganda campaigns that Naqvi has come to embody.

India’s snub signals to the international community that it will not legitimise the messaging pushed by Naqvi , who is not only the chairman of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) but also the chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the interior minister of Pakistan. He is also widely seen as a civilian amplifier for the Pakistan Army’s narratives, sources told CNN-News18.

Naqvi has stirred controversy on multiple occasions, most notably when he claimed that Pakistan had militarily outperformed In

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