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India Skip Women's Asia Cup Trophy Presentation in Dubai
India's women's cricket team won the Asia Cup by beating Sri Lanka.
They scored 183 runs and then bowled Sri Lanka out for 111.
Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana scored most of India's runs.
Sree Charani took four wickets.
After the match, the Indian players did not go onto the presentation stage.
Mohsin Naqvi, a senior cricket official from Pakistan, was expected to present the trophy.
Sri Lanka received its awards, but India's ceremony did not happen in the usual way.
The incident was similar to what happened after the previous men's Asia Cup final.
India defeated Sri Lanka by 72 runs to win the Women's Asia Cup final in Dubai.
The Indian team did not appear at the official presentation to collect the trophy from ACC president Mohsin Naqvi.
The presentation was delayed by more than an hour, while Sri Lanka received its runners-up medals.
Indian officials Devajit Saikia and Rajiv Shukla congratulated the players and held a separate medal ceremony.
The episode echoed the previous men's Asia Cup final, when India also did not accept the trophy from Naqvi.
- Who
- India's women's cricket team, Sri Lanka's women's team, and ACC president Mohsin Naqvi.
- What
- India won the Women's Asia Cup but did not appear to collect the trophy from Naqvi at the official presentation.
- Where
- Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.
- When
- After the final on Sunday; the presentation was delayed by more than an hour.
- Why
- The first article linked the decision to tensions caused by cross-border terrorism, but no official explanation from the Indian team was provided.
Key facts
- Final result
- India beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs.
- India's score
- 183/5.
- Sri Lanka's score
- 111 all out in 20 overs.
- Top Indian batters
- Shafali Verma scored 68 and Smriti Mandhana scored 59.
- Key bowling performance
- Sree Charani took four wickets for 20 runs.
- Presentation
- India was absent from the official trophy presentation, while Sri Lanka received its runners-up awards.
- Previous incident
- The reports said a similar dispute occurred after the previous men's Asia Cup final.
Sources
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