Mohsin Naqvi Denies Apologising to BCCI, Calls Indian Media Reports “Fabricated Nonsense”

Islamabad, Oct 1, 2025 — Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has strongly rejected Indian media claims that he apologised to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over the Asia Cup trophy handover controversy.

• “I have done nothing wrong and I have never apologised to the BCCI, nor will I ever do so,” Naqvi said in a post on X (formerly Twitter), calling the reports “cheap propaganda” aimed at misleading Indian audiences.
• The controversy began during the Asia Cup 2025 final in Dubai, when the Indian team refused to receive the trophy directly from the ACC chief. Indian media later alleged that Naqvi had declined to hand it over and later apologised — claims Naqvi dismissed as “lies, not facts.”
• “As ACC chairman, I was ready to hand over the trophy that very day and I am still ready now. If they truly want it, they are welcome to come to the ACC office and collect it from me,” he said.

Naqvi accused India of dragging politics into cricket, damaging the spirit of the game. He also reminded that during the tournament, Indian captain Surya Kumar Yadav politicised his team’s victory by dedicating it to victims of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, an act Pakistan protested to the ICC.

The tensions follow a year of strained ties after India’s air strikes over Pahalgam, which Pakistan denied, with the crisis easing only after US intervention.

Naqvi also hit back at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who called the Asia Cup win part of India’s “Operation Sindoor.” In reply, Naqvi said: “If war was your measure of pride, history already records your humiliating defeats at Pakistan’s hands. No cricket match can rewrite that truth.”

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