Pakistan Captain Salman Ali Agha Makes Stunning Claim: ‘Suryakumar Yadav Shook Hands With…’ | Cricket News

Team India got the better of arch-rivals Pakistan in the final of the Asia Cup 2025 to retain the crown with a 5-wicket win that sent the nation into celebrations.

The match was set to the heated backdrop of the geopolitical tensions between the nations and what was remarkable was the fact that there were no handshakes between the sides as is customary.

However, Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha revealed that Indian counterpart Suryakumar Yadav did in fact shake hands with him in person, but refused to do so on camera.

“He shook hands with me in private at the start of the tournament,” Agha said.

“Both at the pre-tournament press conference and when we met in the referee’s meeting. But when they are out in front of the cameras, they don’t shake our hands,”

“I’m sure he’s following instructions he’s been given, but if it was up to him, he’d shake hands with me,” he said.

India reused to receive the trophy from PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi, who then went on to leave the premises with the title, which complicated things further.

“What India has done in this tournament is very disappointing,” he added.

“They’re not disrespecting us by not shaking hands-they’re disrespecting cricket. Good teams don’t do what they did today. We went to pose with the trophy on our own because we wanted to fulfill our obligations. We stood there and took our medals. I don’t want to use harsh words, but they’ve been very disrespectful. This is the first time I’ve ever seen this happen. Whatever happened in this tournament was very bad, and I hope it stops at some stage because it’s bad for cricket,” the Pakistani skipper said.

“I’m not just a Pakistan captain, I’m a cricket fan. If a kid is watching in India or Pakistan, we’re not sending them a good message. People think of us as role models, but if we’re behaving like this, we’re not inspiring them. What happened shouldn’t have happened, but you should ask the people (India) responsible for this rather than me.”

Pakistan and India faced off thrice in the span of the continental tournament and the men in blue came up trumps on all occassions.

“We are not playing good cricket against them, and if you look at it overall, we are still behind them. Every team has an era-maybe this is theirs. We used to beat them in the ’90s; now they are beating us, and you will see very soon we will start beating them,”

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