The Indian cricket team’s decision against collecting the 2025 Asia Cup trophy from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief and Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the chief of the Asian Cricket Council, which administers the tournament, has sparked a political slugfest at home.

While the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lauded the Men in Blue for their act and accused Naqvi as the “chief propagandist for the terror state” of Pakistan, the Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hit out at the Centre, accusing it of giving the players a “new script to spread propaganda in the country”.

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