Asia Cup 2025 final: Mohsin Naqvi responds to PM Modi’s congratulatory message for India

After disappearing with the Asia Cup final trophy, he slammed PM Modi for his congratulatory message for India’s win in the final.

India defeated Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025 finals in Dubai. However, India refused to accept the medals and the trophy from the head of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Mohsin Naqvi. This led to Naqvi leaving the stadium with the trophy, yet again highlighting Pakistan’s reluctance to accept defeat. PM Modi congratulated the Indian team on their win; however, Naqvi responded in kind.

Mohsin Naqvi responds to PM Modi’s congratulatory message for Team India.

Mohsin Naqvi, hours after running away with the Asia Cup 2025 final trophy, reacted to PM Modi’s congratulatory message for Team India’s win. PM Modi, after India’s thrilling 5-wicket win at the Dubai International Stadium, he congratulated the team for their performance in the 8-team tournament. He wrote, “#OperationSindoor on the games field. Outcome is the same – India wins! Congrats to our cricketers.” However, the tweet irked Naqvi, as he drew a war reference. The Pakistan Interior Minister, who himself has been guilty of mixing politics with cricket in the Asia Cup 2025, accused the Indian camp of not playing with the “spirit of the game.”

What did Mohsin Naqvi respond to the tweet by PM Modi?

He wrote in response, “If war was your measure of pride, history already records your humiliating defeats at Pakistan’s hands. No cricket match can rewrite the truth. Dragging war into sports only exposes your desperation and disgraces the very spirit of the game.” Naqvi was slated to give away the title to Suryakumar Yadav’s team. However, India refused to accept the trophy from him, and Naqvi, and in all his stubbornness, didn’t allow someone else to take the limelight at the post-match presentation.

As a result of this, the proceedings were halted midway as Naqvi made his way out of the stadium, taking the Asia Cup trophy with him to his hotel room. However, these antics couldn’t stop India’s spirits as the side celebrated the Asia Cup 2025 win in style. The entire contingent posed with fictional trophies in their hand, seemingly trolling Naqvi. The ACC officials tried their best to persuade the Emirates Cricket Board chairman, Khalid Al Zarooni, to step in and present the trophy, but Naqvi blocked the move.