The team had legitimate grounds -- Mr Naqvi is also the interior minister of Pakistan, besides being the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board. As an important minister, Mr Naqvi has frequently bad-mouthed India and been a very vocal anti-India politician

x“My real trophy is my team”, declared India’s cricket captain Suryakumar Yadav, after he and the Men in Blue were denied the joy of lifting the real trophy, at the end of the disgraceful Asia Cup final in Dubai last Sunday. There has been enough commentary on the churlishness on parade, but what really took the cake (or kebab) was the sight of the Asian Cricket Council chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, walking off with the trophy after the Indian team had refused to accept it from him. The team had legitimate grounds -- Mr Naqvi is also the interior

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