The Indian males’s and girls’s cricket teams may very well be required to simply accept their Asian Video games medals from Mohsin Naqvi if the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) assigns him the presenting position. In accordance with The Occasions of India, India could face disciplinary motion in the event that they refuse to take part within the official medal ceremony.
India are the reigning Asia Cup champions in each males’s and girls’s cricket. Nevertheless, neither workforce has received its respective trophies or medals following current presentation disputes involving Naqvi, who serves as the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president and the interior minister within the Pakistani government.
BCCI Retains Asian Video games Focus on Cricket, Not Medal Ceremony
The Indian males’s and girls’s cricket teams will enter the 2026 Asian Video games in Aichi-Nagoya as robust contenders for the gold medal. Nevertheless, the BCCI will not be wanting beyond the matches at this stage, with the potential medal presentation involving Mohsin Naqvi but to be addressed.
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said the board will think about the situation only if both workforce reaches the podium. He acknowledged that the immediate priority is to carry out well within the event slightly than discuss a ceremony that has not but taken place.
“We’re focusing solely on the matches. The teams need to first attain the podium. We are going to take a call then, making an allowance for all prevailing elements at that moment,” Saikia instructed The Occasions of India.
“We are going to cross the bridge solely when we attain it. The main focus of the board and cricketers is only on successful the matches. We don’t need to touch upon anything that hasn’t happened but,” he added.
OCA Rule 66 Decides Who Can Current Asian Video games Medals
The Olympic Council of Asia will determine who presents the medals in the course of the Asian Video games victory ceremony. Article 66 of the OCA Constitution and Guidelines states that the OCA president should present the medals to the winners.
The identical rule permits the OCA president to delegate the duty to another OCA member. The designated member must be accompanied by the president or deputy of the relevant international or Asian sports activities federation.
Naqvi may very well be involved within the ceremony if the OCA delegates the duty to him. Rule 66 additionally sets out the conduct required in the course of the ceremony. It states that no business, political, non secular or racial propaganda is permitted in the course of the victory ceremony.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is subsequently expected to observe the OCA’s established ceremony protocol slightly than treat the event as a bilateral cricket matter. The final choice on the presenter will rest with the OCA.
India’s Asia Cup Trophy Dispute Provides Context to Asian Video games Ceremony
The potential Asian Video games subject comes after similar presentation disputes involving Naqvi in the course of the current Asia Cups. India gained the 2026 Women’s Asia Cup after beating Sri Lanka by 72 runs within the closing on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on September 13.
Harmanpreet Kaur‘s aspect posted 183/5 after Shafali Verma scored 68 and Smriti Mandhana made 59. India then bowled Sri Lanka out for 111, with Shree Charani taking 4/20 and Deepti Sharma claiming 3/19. The victory gave India a record-extending eighth Women’s Asia Cup title.
Naqvi offered the runners-up medals and prize cheque to Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu after the ultimate. Nevertheless, the Indian workforce did not receive the championship trophy in the course of the ceremony.
An analogous situation occurred after the lads’s Asia Cup closing on the same venue in 2025. Suryakumar Yadav‘s India defeated Pakistan within the closing however did not settle for the winner’s trophy from Naqvi.
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