New Delhi: It was a nail-biting finish to the Asia Cup as Tilak Varma played a match-winning inning of 69 runs, helping India bring home their ninth Asia Cup title after defeating Pakistan by five wickets on Sunday in Dubai. But the real drama started after the game.

Almost 20 minutes after Rinku Singh hit the winning runs, there was no sign of the post-match presentation. Pakistan’s cricketers had returned to the dressing room, and the Indian team was sitting on one side of the ground. The Indian team had refused to take the trophy and their individual medals from Asia Cricket Council (ACC) chief Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman and the country’s Interior Minister.

With Naqvi standing insisting on giving away the trophy himself, there was a stalemate,

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