NEW DELHI: The Asian Cup Trophy controversy took a new touch on Friday when Pakistan’s former cricketer Mohammad Yousuf threw his weight behind the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi, which has been in the middle of the storm since India.Over the boundaries with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The episode occurs after Naqvi walks with Asian Cup Trophy following the defeat of Pakistan in the summit, leaving the Indian team without a trophy and winners. India’s refusal to receive a trophy from Pakistan’s internal naqvi, famous for its anti-indian political stance-has sparked a warm debate around the cricket world.
The new Naqvi has doubled his position, saying he is still ready to hand over the trophy to India, but only if they visit the ACC office to collect it. Supporting this stance, Yousuf said on the TV: “What Sir Chairman (Mohsin Naqvi) did was true.“
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The former Pakistan Adonan attacked his criticism of Indian players, accusing them of focusing more on the theater than the sport itself.“In the field, you are busy making your films, I say that day too – they are not out of the movie world, this is a cricket, not a movie, in a movie, there are crackes, but here you play pure sports,” Yousuf said.He also emphasized that Naqvi’s stand was not personal but about the country’s pride: “Whatever he does in honor of Pakistan, he does the right, and we are with him.”With both boards refusing to retreat, the Asian Cup trophy controversy showed no signs of fading soon.
