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During the Asia Cup between India and Pakistan, new controversies arose in every match and attracted the attention of the entire cricket world.
Delhi, The year 2025 was going to give many memorable and beautiful moments in world cricket. This year, one after another interesting matches were played and many great moments were seen on the field. Amidst these wonderful and heart-touching special moments, this year some controversies on the field also made special headlines.
In the year 2025, many types of discord were seen in the cricket field, when the dispute between two players and two teams was at its peak. Out of some of the big controversies that have taken place in international cricket, let us tell you about the 5 biggest and most popular controversies in this article.
1. No handshake controversy in the match between India and Pakistan
The biggest and famous dispute of the year 2025 was seen between India and Pakistan during the Asia Cup 2025. During the Men’s Asia Cup T20 tournament played in UAE in September this year, the no handshake controversy became the biggest issue between the two biggest arch rival teams of world cricket, India and Pakistan. In the league match of this tournament, the players of the Indian cricket team and the players of Pakistan did not shake hands. Team India took this step due to the involvement of Pakistani terrorists in the Pahalgam terrorist attack that took place in April this year. India faced Pakistan 3 times during the entire tournament, but did not shake hands even once.
2. Mohsin Naqvi’s escape without giving the trophy to Team India
It was during the Asia Cup 2025 that India and Pakistan faced each other in the title battle. In the final match played in Dubai, the Indian team succeeded in becoming champion, but they were not awarded the winning trophy. It so happened that in the presentation ceremony, PCB and ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi was going to give the trophy, on which Team India was not satisfied and they did not come to take the trophy from Naqvi. Seeing him being insulted publicly, Mohsin Naqvi became irritated and became upset after taking the trophy. After this this matter was also raised in the ICC court. BCCI asked to hand over the trophy, the most surprising thing is that Naqvi is adamant on handing over the trophy to the captain of the Indian team.
3. Jadeja and Sundar not to shake hands with Ben Stokes in Manchester Test
After the IPL this year, the Indian cricket team went on a tour of England to play a 5-match test series. The fourth test of this series was played in Manchester. This test match held at Old Trafford was a draw, but in the meantime a big dispute broke out between the players of both the teams in the last moments of the match. In fact, when Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar were close to their century and the match seemed certain to be a draw, England captain Ben Stokes shook hands to agree to draw the match, but Jadeja and Sundar did not shake hands as they saw their century close. Because of this, this no handshake had become a big issue.
4. Hybrid model gave a big blow to PCB in Champions Trophy
This year, Pakistan Cricket Board got the opportunity to organize an ICC event after a long time. The hosting of the Champions Trophy came into their hands. PCB wanted to conduct this entire tournament in its own country, but BCCI clearly refused to send Team India to Pakistan. On this, Pakistan Cricket Board insisted till the end to conduct the entire tournament in its country, but in the end ICC and PCB had to bow before BCCI and India’s matches were played in Dubai. This issue was in the news a lot at that time.
5. South African coach’s controversial comment on Team India
South Africa whitewashed the Indian cricket team in the 2-match test series in their own home. In the second Test match of this series played in Guwahati, South Africa won the match, but they lost hearts due to the statement they made during the match. South African batsmen batted brilliantly in the first innings. On this, Proteas coach Shukri Conrad used the word ‘grovel’ against the Indian team on the question of declaring the innings. The meaning of this word is to plead. That means he tried to humiliate Team India. Many former veterans had strongly criticized this.
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