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Handshake Dispute in Asia Cup 2025: Insights from Pakistan Captain Salman Ali Agha<\/strong><\/p>\n In a recent discussion, Pakistan’s captain, Salman Ali Agha, shared his experience regarding the handshake controversy that arose during the Asia Cup 2025. After a tense match between India and Pakistan, Agha mentioned that his team even attempted to visit the Indian dressing room for a handshake, but were met with closed doors.<\/p>\n Reflecting on the event, Agha explained that the no-handshake policy was only brought to his attention just before the toss. \u201cBefore the toss, we had a press conference and a trophy photo session where handshakes took place. I was feeling quite normal going into the toss,\u201d he said, recalling the incident. \u201cHowever, just before the toss, the match referee informed me that handshakes would not be happening.\u201d<\/p>\n He felt somewhat relieved by the decision, stating, “It’s fine if there’s not going to be a handshake. I\u2019m not too keen either.”<\/p>\n After the match, even though Pakistan lost, Agha and his team went to greet their rivals, hoping for a handshake. Unfortunately, they found no one from the Indian team available. “We went towards their dressing room, but they didn’t come out to shake hands,” he noted.<\/p>\n Agha expressed his concerns about the no-handshake policy, believing it might send the wrong message to younger players. \u201cI’ve mentioned this before: if I represent Pakistan, kids look up to us. If such behavior continues, it sets a poor example,\u201d he added, emphasizing the influence players have on the next generation.<\/p>\n This no-handshake trend has persisted in various formats, including the Women\u2019s ODI World Cup 2025 and Under-19 Asia Cup matches, continuing to create a ripple effect in cricketing tournaments.<\/p>\n As rivalries deepen, it remains to be seen how these gestures\u2014or the lack thereof\u2014will impact future encounters between the two teams.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Handshake Dispute in Asia Cup 2025: Insights from Pakistan Captain Salman Ali Agha In a recent discussion, Pakistan’s captain, Salman Ali Agha, shared his experience regarding the handshake controversy that arose during the Asia Cup 2025. After a tense match between India and Pakistan, Agha mentioned that his team even attempted to visit the Indian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[39777,39770,39779,39776,39782,39771,39781,39778,39775,21820,39772,39780,39773,39769,39774],"class_list":{"0":"post-30539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-agha-dressing-room-claim-india","9":"tag-asia-cup-2025-handshake-incident","10":"tag-asia-cup-controversy-india-pakistan","11":"tag-cricket-handshake-controversy-explained","12":"tag-cricket-sportsmanship-debate","13":"tag-india-dressing-room-handshake-snub","14":"tag-india-pakistan-no-handshake-trend","15":"tag-india-pakistan-rivalry-handshake-issue","16":"tag-india-vs-pakistan-asia-cup-2025-news","17":"tag-india-pakistan-handshake-controversy","18":"tag-no-handshake-policy-india-pakistan","19":"tag-players-reaction-handshake-policy","20":"tag-salman-agha-interview-handshake","21":"tag-salman-ali-agha-handshake-row","22":"tag-suryakumar-yadav-india-pakistan-policy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}