Asia cup: BCCI breaks silence on India vs Pak handshake row

BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia has addressed the contention pursuing the India-Pakistan Asia Cup match, suggesting that the absorption should beryllium connected celebrating India's triumph alternatively than the surrounding controversy.The aftermath of Sunday's India-Pakistan Asia Cup lucifer has sparked discussions owed to Team India's determination to skip the accepted post-match handshake with Pakistani players. This enactment drew attraction from PCB and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Mohsin Naqvi.Saikia emphasised the value of celebrating India's decisive triumph alternatively of paying attraction to comments from different parties.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!"I tin lone accidental that India won handsomely. It was a thumping triumph for the Indian team. Nothing more. Nothing less. That's all. India won the lucifer truthful comfortably. We should beryllium enjoying that alternatively than focusing connected each that sound created by immoderate 3rd enactment oregon hostile countries. We should not beryllium bothered by it. Instead, we should admit and consciousness arrogant of our boys for doing truthful well. We anticipation the winning momentum volition proceed till the past lucifer of this tournament," Saikia told IANS.

India secured a seven-wicket triumph against Pakistan, marking their 2nd triumph successful the tourney and ensuring their spot successful the Super Four stage.Following the match, the Indian squad returned to their dressing country portion Pakistani players waited for the customary handshake. The Indian squad chose not to enactment successful this tradition.Team India's skipper Suryakumar Yadav explained this determination astatine the post-match property conference, saying, "Our authorities and BCCI; we were aligned today. Rest, we took a call. We came present to conscionable play the game. We person fixed a due reply."India's adjacent lucifer successful the Asia Cup Group A volition beryllium against Oman connected September 19 astatine the Zayed Cricket Stadium successful Abu Dhabi.