The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) will elevate the Asia Cup trophy handover challenge on the upcoming Worldwide Cricket Council assembly in Dubai on November 4. The controversy arose when India refused to simply accept the trophy from Pakistan’s Inside Minister and Asian Cricket Council Chairman Naqvi after successful the match, resulting in the trophy being faraway from the presentation ceremony with out rationalization.The BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia confirmed that India had despatched a proper communication to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) ten days in the past concerning the matter however acquired no response.

“We’ve got approached ACC and we’ve despatched a letter 10 days in the past. There isn’t any constructive response. We’re sustaining the identical stand. Due to this fact, we are going to elevate the difficulty on the ICC assembly, which begins on November 4 in Dubai. The trophy will come, and that’s for sure, as a result of this trophy has been received by India arms down. Solely the timeline must be fastened,” Saikia advised ANI.The BCCI secretary additional emphasised their stance on not accepting the trophy from Pakistan’s Inside Minister.“If we needed to take it from him, then we’d have taken it on that day of the ultimate. Our stance is clear: we’re not accepting it from that gentleman. So, there is no such thing as a change of stand on the a part of BCCI. We aren’t accepting the trophy from the ACC Chairman, who’s the Inside Minister of Pakistan. Due to this fact, it has to return however not from his arms,” he added.Regardless of the controversy surrounding the trophy presentation, the Indian crew discovered their very own strategy to have fun their victory. Captain Suryakumar Yadav and his teammates celebrated by mimicking former captain Rohit Sharma’s gradual stroll from the T20 World Cup last in 2024, lifting an imaginary trophy.The refusal to simply accept the trophy got here amid ongoing cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan, following India’s five-wicket victory within the match.