Bengaluru, Sept. 30 -- Former Indian cricketer Syed Kirmani shared his thoughts as Men in Blue refused to take the Asia Cup 2025 trophy from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Mohsin Naqvi after defeating arch-rivals Pakistan in the hard-fought final by five wickets on Sunday.

Syed Kirmani told ANI, "The way cricket is being played all around..., there has been no gentleman-ness in the game. There have been very rude, arrogant gestures on the field... I'm getting messages from all over... The Indian team has done what? What politics is going on in the field?... I'm ashamed to listen to the comments... What's happened to the current era of cricketers... What has happened at the Asia Cup is ...