India, Sept. 22 -- India and Pakistan's contest at the Asia Cup took all the headlines, as bad blood from years of feuding, and the more recent confrontation earlier this year in the form of the Pahalgam terror attacks and Operation Sindoor, saw players on both sides playing with more hostility than usual. In particular, Haris Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan made the headlines, as some of their celebrations made a mockery of the grave and fatal conflict in May 2025.

From the cricket pitch to the football field, from a senior match to an age-group contest, the same ferocity and hostility remained. Soon after the conclusion of that Asia Cup contest, India and Pakistan once again took each other on, this time in the SAFF U-17 Championship being p...