The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and Pakistan’s interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, have given a strong reply to the BCCI’s demand over the Asia Cup 2025 trophy fiasco.
Naqvi has been centre of the Asia Cup row ever since he decided to remove the Asia Cup 2025 trophy from the post-final ceremony in Dubai. He continued to hold the trophy in his Dubai office, turning down multiple requests from the BCCI to hand over the silverware to the Indian team.
He remains inflexible that the trophy would only be handed over to the Indian team in person, which BCCI refuses to accept.
Mohsin Naqvi acknowledged the letter written to him by the BCCI before the AGM on September 30. Naqvi congratulated the Indian team on winning the Asia Cup which he did not do inthe AGM.
He expressed regret regret on sporting expressions were not displayed by the Indian team when Naqvi waited for 40 minutes.
“Receipt of your letter dated September 30, 2025, is acknowledged. The letter was received just prior to the commencement of the ACC Annual General Meeting (AGM), which was scheduled for 3:00 PM (UAE time) on September 30, 2025.”
“The BCCI was represented online at the AGM by Mr Rajeev Shukla and Ashish Shelar. This matter was discussed in detail during the AGM; however, since you have circulated this letter to ACC members, it is only appropriate to set the record straight,” said the letter.
“At the very outset, we must congratulate you and the Indian Cricket Team on winning the Asia Cup 2025, as the ACC President did earlier in the AGM.
“The ACC President is extremely appreciative and notes with pleasure the emphasis you have placed in your letter on longstanding customs, traditions, established practices, cricketing protocols, and fundamental elements of sporting integrity.”
“We wish with all our hearts that such expressions were not merely limited to vocabulary used in a letter but also displayed vehemently on the field of play.”
The ACC president Mohsin Naqvi has called India’s letter ‘slanderous and digressing’ while saying that he refuses to engage in ‘petty politics’, since no official communication was made to him about Team India’s trophy stance.
“As regards the remainder of your letter, slanderous as it may be and digressing from the same values you highlighted, the office of the ACC President will not indulge in petty politics.”
“There was never any official communication shared with the ACC office or the Tournament Director highlighting any position or concern of the BCCI with respect to prize distribution.”
“It was only when the ceremony was about to take place and distinguished guests had taken their place on the stage that the BCCI’s representative conveyed that the Indian Cricket Team would not be receiving the Asia Cup Trophy and awards,” said Naqvi.
The ACC president Mohsin Naqvi has asked BCCI to organise an official ceremony in Dubai if it wants the Indian team to given the Asia Cup trophy.
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