The Asia Cup 2025 dispute was brought to the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, but the Indian camp refused to interact with the journalist about the same. India and Pakistan are set to revive rivalry in the tournament on Sunday, 5 October.
R. of Colombo. From the India-Pakistan struggle at the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 at Premdasa Stadium on Sunday, stress filled the air in the pre-match press conference. In fact, a journalist tried to ask whether the Asia Cup 2025 controversy may affect women’s teams in the recent tournament.
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This question was originally for Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur, but she was not there, so it was directed to Bowling Coach, Avishkar Salvi. The journalist asked whether the ICC Women’s World Cup could be taken to the 2025 clash in Colombo from the Asia Cup 2025.
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The journalist today asked as a quoted by India, “I had a question for the Indian captain, but since you are here, I will ask you instead. We have seen that the teams of women of both Pakistan and India have shared good comrades, taking at least to this World Cup. So, do you think that you can also take the teams of Asia?”
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After which, the pre-match press conference quickly became serious, as the media representative immediately shot the question. It was clarified that sensitive topics about previous tensions or off-field disputes would not be entertained, and the conferences went to the next question.
The media representative said, “Hi, just a reminder – we said that we are not taking that first question, so let’s move on the next one.”
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Meanwhile, all 8 teams have played a game in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 running so far. Only four of them succeeded in kicking their campaign with one win. The women of England are leading the points table with a massive +3.773, followed by Australia, Bangladesh and India.
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India won their first game against Sri Lanka, while Pakistan lost its tournament opener against Bangladesh. Now, hardcore-creators have been designed to rule their rivalry after the dramatic Asia Cup 2025. India had a great record against Pakistan in ODI cricket, which was an unbeaten 11–0 record.
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In particular, the 2025 Asia Cup had an all-time high drama during the India-Pakistan encounters, both on the ground and outside the ground, including the handshek Saga, in the group stage.
During the Super Four Clash, Pakistan’s Haris Rauf stimulated 6–0 gestures targeted in India, while Sahibzada Farhan celebrated with a fake gunshot in half a century, which increased the disputes in the area. Even in Dubai, India won the finals in the final by seven wickets in the final.
The Indian team refused to accept the Asia Cricket Council (ACC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) President Mohsin Naqvi to accept the Asia Cup Trophy as he was also the internal minister of Pakistan. Naqvi left the presentation ceremony with the trophy, and the winners still have not won the medal and the trophy.
