Cricket information: The last encounter between India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2026 took place in the group stage, where the Indian team registered a spectacular victory by defeating Pakistan by 61 runs. But before this, during the Asia Cup 2025, a different dispute was seen between the two teams, when the Indian players did not shake hands with the Pakistani players at the time of the toss and after the end of the match. Now Pakistan team captain Salman Ali Aga has openly expressed his views on this entire matter in an interview. Whose video is going viral on social media.
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Salman Ali Agha relieved about India vs Pakistan handshake controversy:
Before the match, there was a press conference and a trophy shoot, and there was a handshake there too. So when I was going for the toss, I was pretty normal. I said, “Obviously, I had an idea that things… pic.twitter.com/zImpcx7pG1
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Had no idea there would be no handshake
Salman Ali Aga told that till the toss he had no idea that there would be no handshake. He said that the meeting took place as normal during the press conference and photoshoot with the trophy and there was also a handshake. So they thought everything would be normal. But when he was going for the toss, the match referee took him aside and told him that there would be no handshake this time. Aga said that he had no prior knowledge of this, although he did not make much of an issue of it and said that even he did not care much if hands were not being shaken.
It was expected that there would be a handshake after the match
India defeated Pakistan easily in the match. But Salman says that he expected that after the match is over, the players of both the teams will definitely shake hands with each other, because it is a part of the spirit of the game. He told that after the match, he went to the Indian dressing room with the entire Pakistani team to meet the players, but found the door closed and still did not shake hands.
It just didn’t feel right
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On this entire incident, Salman Ali Aga said that he does not find it right at all. He believes that when players represent their country, millions of people watch them and children learn from them. If players behave like this on a large scale, its impact will trickle down. He said that if the players refuse to shake hands in a similar manner in a club match the next day, then the responsibility for the same will fall on those international players as well. Therefore, it is extremely important to maintain sportsmanship and respect while being an ideal player.
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