India’s boycott of the Pakistan cricket team went up a notch just hours before the 2025 Asia Cup final. Captain Suryakumar Yadav refrained from a pre-match trophy photoshoot, leaving his opposite number, Salman Agha, standing on one side of the title with the other side awkwardly vacant.

According to news agency PTI , which cited sources in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) didn’t inform the BCCI about the photo shoot. It’s more of a franchise competition tradition, too, often seen in the IPL and tournaments such as the 2024 T20 World Cup final in Barbados, which saw no photoshoots involving India and South African skippers Rohit Sharma and Aiden Markram.

Photos of the moment are going viral on social media. Here’s one:

Salman Ali Agha

See Full Page