The Indian team played a wonderful game in the final of the Women’s Asia Cup 2026. The side had faced Sri Lanka in the final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 13 and the Women in Blue managed to register a 72-run victory to win the game and clinch the title.
It is to be noted that with India winning the game, many fans raised questions whether the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side would be taking the trophy from ACC chairman Mohsin Naqvi. Significantly, the and also did not come out of the dressing room for the presentation ceremony, following the footsteps of the men’s cricket team.
Speaking on the same, BCCI’s (Board of Control for Cricket in India) secretary, Devajit Saikia came into the limelight and backed the Indian team’s decision of not taking the trophy from Naqvi.
“Our men’s team won the Asia Cup a year and a half [a year] ago. And then, everything changed after the incident at Pahalgam in April 2025. So after that there was pressure on us from our citizens that we shouldn't keep any relations with our neighboring country and not play cricket with them,” Cricbuzz quoted Saikia as saying.
“But that doesn’t mean we’ll play and follow any condition set out for us. The country with which our relations were already bad and have deteriorated considerably since April 2025 - our operation is still going on. One of their key leaders [Naqvi] is working against the interests of our country - we cannot accept the trophy from him,” he added.
India put up a brilliant show against Sri LankansIndia decided to bat first in the contest when talking about the game. Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana played brilliant knocks to help Women in Blue post a total of 183 runs in the first innings of the game. The side then restricted Sri Lanka to 111 to win the game by 72 runs and claim their eighth Asia Cup title.
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