Year Ender 2025: From no handshake to Abhishek-Rauf fight… these 10 controversies of India-Pakistan match made headlines in 2025

Year Ender 2025: How can it be possible that India and Pakistan face each other on a 22-yard pitch and no controversy arises? There were many occasions in the year 2025 when these two countries were seen playing against each other. From Champions Trophy to Asia Cup 2025, many exciting matches were played between India and Pakistan.

Amidst the battle of bat and ball, players of both the teams were seen fighting with each other many times on the field. Let us tell you about 10 big disputes that took place between India and Pakistan on the cricket field in the year 2025, which made a lot of headlines.

no handshake controversy

For the first time in the history of cricket, this was seen when the captains of India and Pakistan did not shake hands with each other. The controversy that started with the Asia Cup continued till the Women’s ODI World Cup. At the same time, even in the Under-19 matches, the captains and players of both the countries did not shake hands.

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Controversy over Asia Cup trophy

Team India captured the Asia Cup trophy by defeating Pakistan in the final. However, the Indian team had refused to accept the trophy from Mohsin Naqvi, after which Naqvi became upset over the medals and trophies of the Indian players. BCCI had also complained about Mohsin Naqvi to the Asian Cricket Council.

Controversy over Champions Trophy venue

India had clearly refused to go to Pakistan to participate in the Champions Trophy. After this the PCB was adamant on not changing the venue. However, after the intervention of ICC, the tournament was organized in hybrid model and the Indian team played its matches in Dubai.

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Harris Rauf’s controversial gesture

In Asia Cup 2025, Harris Rauf was seen making a controversial gesture to take a wicket. Rauf wanted to show with his gesture that Pakistan had shot down 6 Indian fighter jets. Bumrah also gave a befitting reply to Rauf’s gesture by dismissing the Pakistani batsman.

Sahibzada Farhan’s gun celebration

After scoring a half-century against India in the Asia Cup, Pakistan batsman Sahibzada Farhan was seen doing gun celebration while looking towards the Indian dressing room. ICC took action against Farhan and also imposed a fine on him.

Toss controversy in Women’s World Cup

A major mistake was made regarding the toss in the match played between India and Pakistan in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. Actually, Pakistan captain Fatima Sana called tails at the time of toss, but it came heads. However, despite this the match referee made Pakistan win the toss. The surprising thing was that Fatima Sana also did not tell the truth.

Abhishek-Rauf fight

During the Asia Cup, a heated argument was seen during the match between Abhishek Sharma and Harris Rauf. The dispute between the two escalated to such an extent that the umpires had to come to intervene. Actually, after throwing the bouncer, Rauf was seen saying something to Abhishek, due to which the Team India batsman got angry.

pok trophy tour ban

Before the Champions Trophy, PCB had also decided to send the trophy to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK). However, BCCI had expressed its strong displeasure to ICC on this. After this, PCB had to cancel the trophy tour in this area.

Controversy over match referee Andy Pycroft

During the Asia Cup 2025, the Pakistan team had accused match referee Andy Pycroft of discrimination. The neighboring country said that the match referee is supporting Team India on the no handshake controversy and is not taking any action against the Indian team. However, ICC had rejected Pakistan’s appeal.

Controversy in Under-19 Asia Cup also

Even in the Under-19 Asia Cup, Indian team captains Ayush Mhatre and Farhan Yusuf did not even look at each other. Neither did the two captains shake hands. It is believed that this dispute will continue further.

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