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He also revealed that Naqvi told the ACC officials to take away the medals and the Asia Cup trophy.
The Indian team refused to take the trophy from the PCB and ACC head Mohsin Naqvi and boycotted the post-match presentation ceremony. The presentation ceremony was delayed for an hour after the final ball.
The Pakistan team collected its individual medals. Tilak Varma and Abhishek Sharma collected their individual awards – player of the match and tournament, respectively — but not from Naqvi.
However, the Indian team did not reappear for the trophy presentation.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I have been informed by the ACC that the Indian cricket team will not be collecting their awards tonight. So that does conclude the post-match presentation,” presenter Simon Doull announced.
Later, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said that the team had refused to accept the trophy from Naqvi.
He also revealed that Naqvi told the ACC officials to take away the medals and the Asia Cup trophy. “He has no right to take the trophy and medals with him. We hope to get the trophy and medals soon,” Saikia said.
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“We will launch a strong protest against him at the ICC conference in November,” he added.
Saika also questioned the decision to allow a Pakistani politician to present a trophy.
“India doesn’t share good terms with that country, and we were told to accept a trophy from their leader. We can’t do that. But that doesn’t give him the right to walk away with the trophy and medals for our players,” he concluded.
Instead, the Indian team celebrated on the ground and posed for photographers – without their medals or the trophy.
The Asia Cup has marked a resumption of cricket ties between India and Pakistan, only months after the neighboring countries were engaged in a tense border situation in May that disrupted the IPL and the Pakistan Super League.
There were no handshakes at Sunday’s toss, where India skipper Suryakumar Yadav spoke with former India cricketer-turned-broadcaster Ravi Shastri and Pakistan captain Agha talked with former Pakistan cricketer-turned-broadcaster Waqar Younis.