PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi apologises to BCCI after Asia Cup trophy row

India Today

Pakistan Cricket Board chief Mohsin Naqvi has issued an apology to the BCCI following the chaotic aftermath of the Asia Cup final on September 28. According to India Today, Naqvi took a conciliatory approach during the subsequent Asian Cricket Council meeting after the controversy in which he initially denied the Indian team the chance to celebrate their victory on the field with the winner’s trophy.

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00:00Trophy chored Pakistan that has finally blinked and said sorry to the BCCI.

00:05It is an India Today exclusive news break.

00:07Pakistan has apologized after running away with our trophy

00:12and laying all sorts of conditions to how the trophy will be returned back.

00:18Pakistan, with all the embarrassment and all the insults that they've been facing

00:23over how they ran away with the Asia Cup trophy and did not give it to India,

00:28Pakistan has finally blinked.

00:30They have apologized to the BCCI.

00:33They're trying to get to further details of how that has happened.

00:37But yes, Pakistan mantri, Nakvi, who had left with the trophy

00:41and again was laying all sorts of conditions on how the Indian captain should come and collect it

00:46or how there should be a formal ceremony that should be held

00:49and only then will the trophy be handed over.

00:52All of those demands have fallen flat.

00:55Pakistan has been completely embarrassed, has been left red-faced with how they dealt with this entire defeat.

01:05India defeated Pakistan thrice during the Asia Cup and of course to win the finals

01:11but making it very clear that this victory was dedicated to our soldiers

01:16and especially when it came to receiving the trophy, that would not happen from the Pakistan mantri.

01:22That is when Pakistan took it to its ego but the very childish and juvenile behavior that they exhibited

01:29of how they ran away with the trophy and all of that was caught on camera.

01:33Pakistan ever since has been thinking of damage control ways of how do they possibly save that reputation

01:43that had taken a massive hit.

01:46But yes, Pakistan has finally said sorry.

01:49Let me cut across to Nikhil Nas to get inside details.

01:53But before that I am being told, Nitin Srivastav is joining us with further information on how Pakistan has said sorry to the BCCI.

02:02Nitin.

02:03Well, yes, you know, there was a meeting of ACC yesterday and BCCI, you know, was representing by, you know,

02:13with good details what we are learning now.

02:17That BCCI, you know, was very firm and they raised good questions against Mosseem Nakpi

02:24asking that why, you know, the trophy was not handed over to the Indian team.

02:28And when they refused to accept, you should have, you know, managed it really nicely.

02:33But in more information, but I am learning from my sources that Mosseem Nakpi did ask, you know,

02:39to BCCI that sent Surya to collect the trophy from ACC office.

02:43Then BCCI said when you were there during the, you know, award ceremony,

02:46when he at that time refused not to take trophy from you,

02:49do you think that he will come, you know, to Dubai and he will do the same thing?

02:54Absolutely not.

02:55And second thing, which is the biggest thing that Mosseem Nakpi apologized to BCCI saying

03:00whatever has happened should not have happened, but he still refused, you know, to hand over the trophy.

03:06But that is the big thing.

03:07Mosseem Nakpi, ACC chairman, PCV chairman, interior minister of Pakistan,

03:12he actually apologized in front of all, all associate members, you know, of ACC,

03:18all members of ACC and especially to BCCI.

03:21That is a big thing that Mosseem Nakpi has actually realized that he has done a wrong thing.

03:26He should have, you know, handed over the trophy in a proper manner.

03:30He should have, you know, given the chance to Indian side to be there on the dice with the trophy.

03:35But he was very adamant that he only want to give the trophy.

03:38And if he is apologizing, that is a big, big, you know, development in this trophy controversy.

03:44Oh, yes, absolutely, Nitin.

03:46In fact, the realization that was in from day one, but they were taking it on their ego

03:50because the Indian team gave it back to not just the Pakistan team,

03:55but most importantly to Mosseem Nakpi,

03:57making it very clear that we will not accept the trophy from him.

04:00And that is when they thought, how do they safe face?

04:03Especially when it came to Mosseem Nakpi,

04:06laid down those several conditions.

04:08But they know all of this will not work

04:10because India is the rightful winner of the Asia Cup trophy.

04:14And that is where it needs to be handed over.

04:17And now they finally apologized after so many days.

04:22Well, of course, see, you know,

04:24it was very clear that India, if they are going to win,

04:26which they did,

04:27they will not accept the trophy from Mosseem Nakpi.

04:29And there was a negotiation even on the DAS when Mosseem Nakpi was there

04:33that, you know, the ECB vice president, ECB chairman,

04:37he will actually hand over the trophy to Indian team.

04:39But Mosseem Nakpi denied for that.

04:41He was very adamant that I am the ACC chairman

04:43and I will only hand over the trophy.

04:45So that is why.

04:46And he also, you know, admitted that he was looking like a cartoon

04:49when he was there for a good 50, you know, 60 minutes on DAS.

04:52So if he is accepting he is looking like a cartoon,

04:56now he is apologizing, you know, towards BCCI.

04:58It is a big thing for BCCI

05:00because very strong, you know, words was there.

05:03There was heated argument between BCCI

05:06and also, you know, ACC chairman,

05:08you know, to hand you over the trophy.

05:11Right. Nitin, we are trying to get more responses to this

05:13and I request you to stay on with us

05:15as at the moment, Mr. Atul Vasan is with us on the phone line.

05:19Mr. Vasan, your response to Mosseem Nakpi

05:21finally kneeling down

05:24and the team apologizing to India for what they did.

05:30Well, what can I say?

05:31I mean, if he has done that,

05:32then too little, too late for me

05:34because if he would have done it on that day,

05:36you know, and just would have taken the higher moral ground,

05:39I think everything could have been plagued

05:41and we could have, you know, forgotten all the things

05:44that had transpired before that.

05:45But if he has done that,

05:47then just follow it up with, you know,

05:50doing other stuff as well,

05:52giving the trophy back,

05:53medal and everything.

05:54I don't know how,

05:55but I don't believe actually that he apologized

05:57because even if he has done it,

05:59he doesn't mean it, I'm sure.

06:00Surely he may not mean it,

06:03but the fact that he has come to this level

06:05to finally apologize

06:06because he knew that he has lost face.

06:11He knew that he was laying one condition after the other

06:13and India is the rightful owner of this trophy

06:17and this is where it has to come.

06:19And probably it has taken these days

06:21for him to bend down and understand that.

06:23May not mean it,

06:25but they had to do this eventually.

06:27I don't think so.

06:28Unless there must be a threat

06:30of some financial penalties,

06:32I think the Pakistanis will never bow down

06:34because they reckon

06:36they still did the right thing

06:37because they're just trying to take

06:40the revenge for that insult they felt

06:42when we didn't shake hands with them

06:43and it started from there on.

06:46So, Mr. Vasan,

06:47in your experience,

06:48what may have transpired through these days

06:50that Pakistan has come to this level?

06:53Financial penalties could be one factor,

06:55what you're saying,

06:56but do explain to our viewers

06:57how it may have worked on the inside

07:00when it came to talk or negotiations

07:03or what happened with the ICC,

07:05BCCI or PCB?

07:07You know, they know that

07:09there are going to be repercussions

07:10from ICC.

07:11The first day,

07:12when they didn't come to the ground

07:13for that game,

07:15for one hour late they came,

07:17I think they don't think through the end game.

07:21You know, that's the problem.

07:22And now, again,

07:23they have just taken on impulsively

07:24to do whatever they want.

07:26And now when the repercussions

07:27are in front of them,

07:28they try to backtrack.

07:29And I think this apology,

07:31which I still don't believe

07:32unless I see a video

07:33in front of me,

07:35if he wants to apologize,

07:37then let's have a proper apology

07:39which everybody can see.

07:40It is tangible.

07:41But what you're telling me is abstract.

07:42I can't see it.

07:43I can't feel it.

07:46And the fact that

07:48the defeat was already

07:49a huge embarrassment for them,

07:51but the juvenile play

07:53that they exhibited from there on,

07:55I mean, like you're saying,

07:56that they should have accepted

07:58the defeat gracefully.

07:59Grace is not something

08:00that Pakistan understands.

08:01But the fact that

08:03taking away the trophy,

08:04running away with it,

08:06and then saying

08:06we'll not return it,

08:07it's been three days.

08:09I mean, how could they possibly

08:10even go on to do that?

08:12Well, they have done it.

08:13So, it's in front of you.

08:14But I think defeat

08:15is never embarrassing.

08:16I think if you played

08:17your heart out

08:17to play to your potential,

08:19then players should not

08:20be embarrassed, you know,

08:21unless you've given it your all.

08:23And I think that is where it is.

08:24And now you are actually,

08:25you know,

08:26conjoining

08:27that what happened

08:28on the field,

08:29the actual cricket part of it,

08:30with the stuff that

08:31transpired later.

08:33So, I think that is where

08:34we have gone wrong.

08:35So, keep that cricket on the side

08:36because the creators tried,

08:38we were better,

08:39we won the game,

08:39but then the mechanisms

08:41of politics

08:42has taken over.

08:43Oh, yes, absolutely.

08:44And, you know,

08:46given how they have behaved,

08:49how they have lost face further,

08:50how the world now looks at them,

08:52they continue to do this

08:54time and again

08:54in several ways

08:56and especially

08:57in the game of cricket,

08:59of the little dignity

09:01that they may have had

09:02of the victories

09:02that they may have had

09:04to reach the finals

09:05in the Asia Cup,

09:06all of that

09:07has been wiped off

09:08with this sort of behaviour

09:10that they have exhibited.

09:15Mr. Vassar.

09:16Yes.

09:17Yeah, you are right actually.

09:18We can see,

09:19we keep on saying that

09:20but going forward from there

09:22because we are going to play them

09:23again

09:23in a few days time

09:24in the Women's World Cup.

09:27So, I mean,

09:27will there be handshakes?

09:28What will happen with this play?

09:30Probably,

09:30you know,

09:31things will have to be fixed

09:33before that match happens

09:34because otherwise

09:34it is going to just go around,

09:36you know,

09:36stooping another level

09:38which will actually make it worse.

09:41You don't let it go to a level

09:42where we can't actually

09:43claw it back.

09:47All right.

09:48Mr. Vassar,

09:49many thanks for sharing

09:50your thoughts.

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