BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has addressed the ongoing problem surrounding the Asia Cup trophies after India refused to collect the silverware from Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Mohsin Naqvi. Saikia mentioned that he did not need to touch upon the matter and as a substitute targeted on India’s recent performances.
India Ladies beat Sri Lanka Ladies by 72 runs within the 2026 Ladies’s Asia Cup last on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 13. Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma scored half-centuries as Team India posted 183/5 earlier than bowling Sri Lanka out for 111 to win the title for a record eighth time.
Devajit Saikia Responds to Asia Cup Trophy Dispute
Talking to PTI Movies, Devajit Saikia averted straight commenting on the presentation problem. He highlighted India’s performances in main tournaments and mentioned the BCCI was more concerned about results on the sphere.
“I don’t need to make any touch upon something concerning this. I’m only concerned about the efficiency of our staff, and the whole country is rejoicing within the efficiency of our ladies’s staff, defeating all our opponents each within and past Asia in recent times.”
BCCI Awaits Return of Each Asia Cup Trophies
Devajit Saikia described the decision as an institutional one slightly than an action in opposition to the tournament or the game. Saikia additionally highlighted India Ladies’s recent achievements whereas explaining his decision to not comment further on the controversy.
“For those who look at last year’s efficiency within the ICC Ladies’s World Cup, India defeated Australia within the semi-final with an excellent efficiency, and then gained handsomely in opposition to South Africa within the last. More lately, they defeated England at Lord’s. In Dubai, they defeated Pakistan and thereafter, India gained very convincingly in opposition to Sri Lanka within the Asia Cup in Dubai.”
“Additionally they triumphed within the finals of yesterday’s Asian Games, defeating Sri Lanka by a wide margin. I’m more concerned about, and the BCCI is more concerned about, the efficiency. I don’t need to make any comment, except that I can guarantee you that persons are extraordinarily glad about our efficiency on the bottom.”
BCCI Informed ACC About India’s Determination Before Ladies’s Asia Cup Ultimate
The BCCI had knowledgeable the ACC earlier than the 2026 Ladies’s Asia Cup last that the Indian staff would not take part within the trophy presentation below the proposed arrangement.
Naqvi, who can also be the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, presented the runners-up medals and cheque to Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu earlier than the ceremony concluded.
India’s males’s staff faced an identical state of affairs after defeating Pakistan within the 2025 Males’s Asia Cup last in Dubai. Suryakumar Yadav’s side additionally declined to collect the trophy from Naqvi.
The BCCI has maintained that each the 2025 Males’s Asia Cup trophy and the 2026 Ladies’s Asia Cup trophy will eventually attain its headquarters on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. However, there may be at present no publicly confirmed timeline or agreed handover course of.
Naqvi’s present term as ACC president is scheduled to run till April 2027. The ACC presidency follows a rotational system, whereas any extension would require support from the organization’s members.
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