Some defeats sting, and then some defeats haunt. For Pakistan, the Asia Cup 2025 final in Dubai belongs firmly in the latter category. Not only did India register a clinical five-wicket win to secure their ninth Asia Cup title, but the loss was followed by one of the most bizarre spectacles in recent cricketing memory: Mohsin Naqvi, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and chief of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), allegedly storming off with the championship trophy and medals to his hotel room.

The man tasked with upholding the dignity of Asian cricket acted instead like a sulking child who couldn’t handle defeat. If the Asia Cup final will be remembered for India’s dominance on the field, it will also be remembered for Naqvi’s behaviour off it, behaviour that exposed not just

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