The BCCI had sought to remove PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi as the president of the Asian Cricket Council following the controversial conclusion to the 2025 Asia Cup, and has reportedly taken a major step in that direction with Sri Lanka lending them their support.
The fall out in the Asia Cup trophy controversy continues to rage on with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seeking to remove Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi from the post of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president.
According to a report on The Opinion, the BCCI is eyeing the possibility of a no confidence vote against Naqvi, hoping to gather enough support from the other member boards. The report adds that while Sri Lanka has lent its vote to India, Bangladesh is offering its support for Pakistan.
Afghanistan’s vote thus will be crucial and will decide whether Naqvi remains the ACC president, a post that he has been occupying since April this year, or not.
India boycott Pakistan during Asia Cup
The 17th edition of the Asia Cup had taken place just months after a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam and the subsequent military conflict between the two nuclear-armed nations, in which the Indian armed forces launched a series of precision strikes codenamed “Operation Sindoor”.
While the Men in Blue participated in the tournament and faced Pakistan on the field despite several fans and some former cricketers and politicians being against it, they refused to shake the hands of their opponents in each of their three meetings, with captain Suryakumar Yadav also ignoring his Pakistani counterpart Salman Ali Agha during the toss.
