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The situation between India and Pakistan over the Asia Cup 2025 match has now gone a notch higher with India responding to the previous ruling by Pakistan by canceling a practice session and pre match media briefing scheduled on 17 September 2025. Pakistan had missed its pre match press conference hours before a must win group A match against United Arab Emirates.
As reported, the Board of Control Cricket in India (BCCI) firstly published a schedule with a three hour evening practice session and media interaction on that day. However, towards the end of the last day, they sent a message that they were not going to have any media or practice session as it was a rest day and that they would practice and issue a press release later.
This ruling follows a significant rift that had arisen following the hand shake row following the India Pakistan match. That scandal was occasioned by the refusal by India captain, Suryakumar Yadav, to shake hands with his Pakistani counterpart during the toss and later on after the match, which India justified by saying that it was an act of respect to those who had suffered in the April 2010 terror attack in Pahalgam. Pakistan responded sharply and filed a formal complaint on match referee Andy Pycroft who allegedly asked the captains not to shake hands and canceled their own commitments to press.
It has been reported that after PCB protests compromises were reached, Pycroft could be substituted by Richie Richardson in the next matches of Pakistan, which could represent a face saver to PCB that is facing an increasing amount of criticism. The cancellations by India are not quite as overtly political, they are called a rest day by the team management but the time has caused many to view the move as an effort to escape press attention as the controversy was heating up.
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