No Handshake Once Again As IND Ignores PAK Players After Dominating Asia Cup Win

India ignore Pakistan [Source: @Teamindiacrick/x.com]

The second round of the India vs Pakistan Asia Cup clash was expected to be a fiery contest after what transpired in the group stage match, and the game lived up to the hype as both India, and Pakistan played with aggression, and didn’t shy away from having a war of words with each other.

Shubman Gill had a verbal exchange with Shaheen Afridi, and his fellow opening partner, Abhishek Sharma, went toe-to-toe with Pakistan speedster Haris Rauf, and hence, it was expected that the post-game events wouldn’t be pleasing for the eyes.

No handshake once again as India neglect Pakistan

India hammered Pakistan with their brute batting performances and won the game rather comfortably. After the match ended, the Indian batters, as expected, stayed professional and snubbed a handshake with the Pakistan players, and walked straight towards their dugout as the side has one foot in the finals.

This was the repeat of what Suryakumar Yadav’s men did in the group stage when SKY smashed a big six to end the match, and he, alongside Shivam Dube, didn’t pay attention to the Pakistan cricketers and went to the dugout.

Another controversy loading from PCB?

The last time India avoided the handshake, PCB got furious as they reached the doors of the ICC and filed an official complaint against the match referee for not maintaining the code of conduct.

The ICC rejected PCB’s plea as the Pakistan team decided to boycott their Asia Cup clash vs the UAE, but they took a U-turn at the last minute. With India once again ignoring the Men in Green, expect something on similar lines as PCB could once again knock on ICC’s doors.

Interestingly, as per the ICC laws, India didn’t breach any code of conduct as shaking hands with the opposition team is not a compulsory rule.

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