India may have won their ninth Asia Cup title in style, but the real drama could still unfold at the post-match presentation. With Pakistan’s Mohsin Naqvi, the ACC chairman, slated to hand over the trophy, will the Indian camp and specifically the captain Suryakumar Yadav go ahead and share the presentation dais with Naqvi?

A likely scenario could be that India may decide to send one of their assistant coaches – Morne Morkel or Ryan ten Doeschate – to accept the silverware on behalf of the team, before handing it to captain Suryakumar Yadav for the customary photographs. It’s a neat workaround that spares Indian players from sharing the dais with the PCB chief,who has been one of the prime instigators in worsening the off-field situation that had made the headlines throughout the Asia Cu

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