India continue no handshake in IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2025 Super 4

While India thrashed Pakistan once again in the Super Fours of the Asia Cup 2025 on Sunday (September 21), the Men in Blues once again maintained their expected no handshake status with their opponents Pakistan. 

Asia Cup 2025 (Super Fours), India vs Pakistan: No handshake between India and Pakistan players

As a protest of the 2025 Pahalgam attack incident, the Indian team has decided not to maintain a generic friendly status on the field with the Pakistan cricket team, as there is no room for shaking hands with them. India started this status from their group stage meeting in the Asia Cup 2025, and maintained it in the Super Fours. In both the matches against Pakistan, India neither shook hands at the toss nor at the end of the game. 

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wasn't happy with India's no-handshake decision during the group stage fixture, as the board didn't take it lightly. While they complained against the match referee and later against the Indian captain (reportedly) for his comment in the post-match press conference, they forced a one-hour delayed start in their next and last group stage fixture against the hosts, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). While India repeated their no-handshake status with the Pakistan cricket team in the Super Fours stage as expected, it will be interesting to see the reaction of the PCB.  

There is no official rule of a mandatory handshake between the teams at the toss and at the end of the match. Recently, the former Indian international umpire Anil Chaudhary also confirmed it on his YouTube channel.   

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Asia Cup 2025 (Super Fours), India vs Pakistan: India won by 6 wickets

In their meeting at Super Fours, India sent Pakistan to bat first at Dubai, where Pakistan managed to score 171/5 in 20 overs, despite getting some solid starts. In reply, Indian openers Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill replied strongly, as India chased down the target successfully in 18.5 overs after losing four wickets. With this strong six-wicket win, India are standing on top of the Super Fours points table with two points with a net run rate of 0.689.