Archive · 14 Sep 2026
India Refuse Women’s Asia Cup Trophy From Mohsin Naqvi
India’s women’s cricket team won the Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka.
India scored 183 runs, while Sri Lanka scored 111.
India therefore won by 72 runs.
Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana made most of India’s runs.
Sree Charani took four Sri Lankan wickets.
Mohsin Naqvi was present because he is the Asian Cricket Council president.
India did not take the trophy or winners’ medals from him.
Coach Amol Muzumdar said this was a decision made by the BCCI, not a last-minute team decision.
India defeated Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the Women’s Asia Cup 2026 final in Dubai, winning a record-extending eighth title.
India scored 183/5, with Shafali Verma making 68 and Smriti Mandhana scoring 59.
Sri Lanka were bowled out for 111, with N. Sree Charani taking four wickets and Deepti Sharma claiming three.
India did not collect their winners’ medals or trophy from Asian Cricket Council president Mohsin Naqvi.
Coach Amol Muzumdar said the decision came from the Board of Control for Cricket in India and matched its position after the 2025 men’s final.
- Who
- India’s women’s cricket team defeated Sri Lanka; Mohsin Naqvi and Rajeev Shukla were also present.
- What
- India won the Women’s Asia Cup 2026 and declined to collect the trophy and winners’ medals from Naqvi.
- When
- The final was played on Sunday in 2026; the articles do not give an exact date.
- Where
- Dubai International Stadium in Dubai.
- Why
- Coach Amol Muzumdar said the BCCI had decided that India would not accept the trophy from Naqvi, who is also Pakistan’s interior minister and Pakistan Cricket Board chairman.
BCCI’s Position
Presentation Perspective
Accepting the trophy
BCCI’s Position
The BCCI decided that India would not accept the trophy from Mohsin Naqvi. Muzumdar said the team supported that position.
Presentation Perspective
Naqvi attended as Asian Cricket Council president and was reportedly expected to present the trophy at the closing ceremony.
Continuity with the men’s final
BCCI’s Position
The women’s team followed the same position used after India’s 2025 men’s Asia Cup final, when the BCCI said it would not take the trophy from Naqvi because of his leadership role in Pakistan.
Presentation Perspective
The 2025 men’s presentation was completed without India collecting its awards, while the trophy remained undelivered; the women’s ceremony similarly ended without India taking the silverware.
- Tournament
- Women’s Asia Cup 2026
- Final result
- India beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs
- India’s score
- 183/5
- Sri Lanka’s score
- 111 all out
- India’s top scorers
- Shafali Verma: 68; Smriti Mandhana: 59
- India’s leading bowlers
- N. Sree Charani took four wickets; Deepti Sharma took three
- Presentation decision
- India did not collect the winners’ medals or trophy from Mohsin Naqvi
