Never seen a champion team denied to get a trophy: Suryakumar Yadav

Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav, who attended the post-match press conference after the Asia Cup 2025 final, stated that he had never seen a champion team denied a well-deserved trophy.

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Notably, India defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the Asia Cup 2025 grand finale on Sunday, September 28, in Dubai. However, they decided not to collect the trophy from the PCB & ACC Chief Mohsin Naqvi. Nevertheless, SKY asserted that he and his team weren’t disappointed. 

"This is one thing which I have never seen since I have started playing cricket, since I have started following cricket that a champion team is denied to get a trophy. That too a hard-earned one, it's not like we got it easily. It was a hard-earned tournament. We were here since the 4th [September], played two back-to-back good games. I feel we deserved it. I can't say anything more, I think I have summed it up really well, I can't say anything more about it,” Suryakumar said in the post-match press conference. 

"We can't say we were disappointed. But if you see, we had a lot of smiles on our faces as we were on the ground enjoying the moment on the podium," he added.

Furthermore, the Indian skipper was quick to clarify that the players themselves took the decision not to collect the trophy from Naqvi, and there was no interference from any administrator.

"I have no idea about this [any communication between BCCI and ACC]. We took this call on the ground. No one told us to do this," SKY noted.

Nevertheless, Suryakumar Yadav mimicked lifting the trophy as he and his teammates celebrated on the podium without the trophy. Speaking on the same, the Indian skipper asserted that for him, the real trophies are the 14 Indian players and the support staff.

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"If you tell me about the trophies, my trophies are sitting in the dressing room, all the 14 guys, all the support staff. Those are the real trophies who I have been a big fan of throughout this journey of Asia Cup. Those are the real trophies, the real moments which I am taking back as lovely memories and which will stay forever,” he stated.

"The win is important. If you have seen after the match ended, 'India' was written on the big screen. Asia Cup 2025 Champions. Now what's better than this? All the boards have champions written on them. 2025 Asia Cup. And you play for that only. And I am sure everyone agrees,” he concluded.

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