Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha and his India counterpart Suryakumar Yadav attracted attention during the press conference of the captains of the customer pre-tournament ahead of the Asia Cup 2025. Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Ali Aga recently ignored each other for one hand during the press conference.
On Tuesday, September 8, the captains of all eight Asia Cups 2025 teams attended the joint press conference to address the media.
India entered the competition as the T20 World Cup champion, while Pakistan recently won the three-series in the United Arab Emirates including Afghanistan and the hosts.
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Salman Ali Aga waited as Suryakumar Yadav of India
At the end of the press conference, Salman Ali was the first to go on stage with Aga Oman captain Yasim Murtaza and Hong Kong captain Jatinder Singh.
Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav engaged in a brief conversation with Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan before joining hands with Sri Lankan captain Chareth Asanka, Bangladesh captain Litton Das and UAE captain Muhammad Wasim.
Suryakumar joined hands with Murtaza, then turned to Salman Aga and completed the formalities with Jatinder. In particular, the Aga was waiting next to the exit.
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Do not think that we should do a lot with this – Ruturaj Borkkoti
Journalists from the subcontinent attended the press conference. According to journalist Ruturaj Berkkoti, most of the journalists were from India, while less came from Pakistan and Sri Lanka with some people from Bangladesh.
Borkkoti said that the incident of handshake between Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Ali Aga should not be made too much.
He told Sports Today, “A large number of journalists came from India, much less than Pakistan, much less than Pakistan, many from Bangladesh compared to Pakistan, much less than Sri Lanka,” he told Sports Today.
“I saw a very cordial press conference, in fact,” Borkkoti saw. “I really don’t think we should make much more than this because there was a very brief moment after the end of that press conference, as the captains were leaving the stage, and the Surya conference was trying to go behind the room, and when Salman Aga shook his hands.”
Characterist, very brief, fleeting moment – Ruturaj Borkkoti
Handshek’s small clip between Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Ali Aga went viral on social media. However, Ruturaj Berkkoti, who first saw it, said it was a brief and cordial gesture, without any extended interaction between the two captains.
“It was a very cordial, very brief, fleeting moment. They were not like exchanging. I don’t think they had a really good chat, usually the captains who do or players do on meeting such events. I didn’t see so.”
“I also watched the video of it, and I have heard of people’s reactions on social media, and I am quite surprised, in fact, what you were expecting to do. I mean you are meeting a player that you are going for the captain and captain of the opposition team in a few days time.”
The Indian squad traveled to the United Arab Emirates separately in the first week of September. He is undergoing training at the ICC Academy in Dubai. India is set to face Pakistan in its group A encounter at Dubai International Stadium on 14 September.
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