The Asia Cup 2025 trophy presentation controversy has escalated into a full-blown issue within Asian cricket. ACC President and PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has reportedly handed over custody of the Asia Cup trophy to the UAE Cricket Board following a dramatic fallout with the BCCI. This follows after India, as instructed by the board, declined to receive the silverware from Naqvi because he was both Pakistan’s Interior Minister and his inflammatory social media comments that tied in with the current Indo-Pak tensions and “Operation Sindoor.”

In the final, Naqvi demanded that only he will give the trophy and medals. When India refused stiffly, he took the silverware with him and tried to spoil India’s celebrations. The episode caused nationwide outrage memes, photoshopped images of Naqvi tak

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