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On September 13, 2026, the Indian women’s cricket team created history by defeating Sri Lanka by 72 runs and won the shining Asia Cup trophy for the record 8th time. The joy of this historic victory turned into a deep controversy when the President of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Mohsin Naqvi, came down to the adamant stance that the winning team would have to accept the trophy with their hands and only their hands. The Indian women’s team, giving priority to self-respect and national dignity, flatly refused to accept the trophy from Naqvi. This is the second time after the Pahalgam attack that an Indian captain has avoided accepting honors from Mohsin Naqvi. Earlier, Indian men’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav had also flatly refused to accept the award from Naqvi. This entire incident has raised huge question marks on the priorities of the PCB chief and his administrative attitude on the global cricket stage.
In this heated atmosphere, an insulting and illogical comment made by former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi about women cricketers has added fuel to the fire of controversy. Taking a dig at the performance of his national women’s team, Afridi had said that our women can only make good rotis, so there is no need to field them in the cricket field. Exposing this statement, former Indian opener and international cricket commentator Aakash Chopra publicly attacked Afridi. Giving a sharp reaction on her YouTube channel, Chopra said that initially she thought it would be some deepfake or AI propaganda, but when the truth came out, she bowed her head in shame. Chopra gave a direct reply to Afridi and said that if you talk such narrow and backward things then you do not deserve to be called my brother. He made it clear that failure in sports can happen to any player, but the solution is not to question the identity and ability of the players.
Aakash Chopra said in a harsh tone that the weak performance of Pakistan women’s team is responsible for its rotten system and irresponsible cricket board, and not for the daughters who sweat on the field. Chopra said that if players are not provided modern coaching facilities, safe environment, proper honorarium and international level basic resources, then how can miraculous results be expected on the field. He said that instead of advising girls to remain confined to the kitchen, the rulers should ask tough questions to the PCB. Chopra also claimed that if Pakistan gives equal resources and respect to its daughters as boys, then they can surprise the world by performing many times better than the men’s team. He regretted that as long as the country’s thinking remains bound to the chains of patriarchy, women empowerment and development of sports talent will remain completely impossible.
Aakash Chopra took a sharp dig at the priorities of PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi by describing the poor condition of Pakistan cricket as ‘wet flour in poverty’. He pointed out that due to slow over rate in the semi-final match of Women’s Asia Cup, Pakistan women’s team was fined a heavy fine of 50 percent of the match fee. On the other hand, Pakistan men’s team failed to maintain the over rate even in the important Test match played against England, due to which they were deducted valuable points in the ICC World Test Championship table. Chopra sarcastically said that the head of the board which does not have time to establish basic discipline in its teams and bring technical improvements is only engaged in the absurd insistence of forcibly handing over the trophy to the Indian team. He proved through statistics that Pakistan cricket, which was continuously getting defeated on and off the field, has now become synonymous with controversies and administrative negligence.