“Never seen this before.” “Never heard of this before.” Two captains. Similar sentences. Same incident. Different perspectives.

One was Suryakumar Yadav expressing his puzzlement at not receiving the trophy, despite winning the Asia Cup. The other was Salman Ali Agha, on India’s adamant stand to not receive the trophy from Asian Cricket Council chief Mohsin Naqvi. The match, post-match ceremony, the press conferences and the press box saw never-before-seen incidents unfold in roughly seven hours from the start of the game. Hands that never shook, and hands that never raised the trophy. The drama around those never abated.

Sample One: Seven minutes into Salman’s press conference, ninety minutes past midnight here, a Pakistani journalist complained to the captain about India’s media mana

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