BCCI’s No-Handshake Policy Continues in India vs Pakistan U-19 World Cup Clash

You could have the choice of taking part in in opposition to Pakistan in the senior Indian workforce, girls’s workforce, and youth ODIs. However you aren’t allowed to shake palms with the Pakistani workforce members. The no-handshake rule, which has been in place for the reason that Asia Cup 2025 and was launched by the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI), was the speaking level of the 12 months passed by. The no-handshake rule was additionally seen in the India-Pakistan match of the ICC Beneath-19 World Cup 2026 Tremendous Six match held in Zimbabwe on Sunday.

Most frequently, the 2 captains will trade greetings by shaking palms throughout the toss. Nonetheless, when India’s Ayush Mhatre and Pakistan’s Farhan Yousuf, each captains, stepped onto the pitch in Bulawayo, the anticipated end result occurred. There was no greeting, solely a toss, and the choice to chase was made to stay in the match by Pakistan. India is sort of via to the semi-finals, however it must keep away from a serious defeat.

Since Pakistan carried out the terrorist assault in Pahalgam, Kashmir, India’s angle in direction of them has modified. The federal government has determined that the 2 groups can solely play one another in multi-national tournaments.

India’s senior workforce captain Suryakumar Yadav set a precedent by refusing to greet Pakistan’s captain Salman Ali Agha thrice throughout the 2025 Asia Cup. This development continued with Harmanpreet Kaur and Fatima Sana ignoring one another throughout the 2025 Girls’s ODI World Cup. Comparable incidents occurred throughout the 2025 Males’s Beneath-19 Asia Cup and at the moment are being seen in the Males’s Beneath-19 ODI World Cup.

There have been no handshakes throughout the India vs. Bangladesh match in the Beneath-19 World Cup. Nonetheless, the Bangladesh Cricket Board later clarified that this was unintentional. It ought to be famous that India’s relations with Bangladesh are additionally not excellent after the brutal killings of Hindus. Bangladesh withdrew from the 2026 T20 World Cup just because they didn’t really feel secure touring to India.