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Yesterday (15), in the course of the coin toss earlier than the India-Pakistan World Cup cricket match held on the R. Premadasa Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Colombo, the standard handshake in cricket was averted by Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav.
The Indian captain, who had the chance to toss the coin, tossed it in such a method that it fell outdoors the designated blue circle, and he used that second, when everybody’s consideration was on the coin, to keep away from shaking arms and congratulating Pakistani captain Salman Ali Agha.
On the time of this incident, the Pakistani captain was anticipating a handshake. The day earlier than (14), at a press convention additionally held on the R. Premadasa Stadium, Salman Agha had acknowledged that he or his staff would by no means hesitate to congratulate the Indian captain, preserving the spirit of the sport and its intrinsic values. Though it was vital for the sport to proceed because it at all times had, slightly than in line with his private opinion, he emphasised that the choice on the subsequent plan of action rested with the Indians. On the Indian press convention held on the identical day, Suryakumar Yadav didn’t give a direct reply to reporters’ questions on whether or not they would shake arms with the Pakistanis, avoiding the reply by saying to attend one other 24 hours for it.
Following the terrorist assault in India’s Pahalgam area, the escalating political disaster between the 2 international locations has thus unfold to the cricket discipline. This isn’t the primary time Indian gamers have refused to shake arms with their Pakistani opponents. Final 12 months, in the course of the Asia Cup event held in September, Suryakumar Yadav, and subsequently, Indian captains within the Ladies’s World Cup event and the not too long ago concluded Beneath-19 World Cup event final month, had utterly refused to shake arms and congratulate Pakistani captains.