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COLOMBO: India and Pakistan captains again skipped customary handshakes at the toss of the high-octane clash in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.
Following the toss, Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha avoided interaction with Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav.
The Indian skipper later followed a similar thing, with no visible exchange between the two captains.
Earlier, it was reported that both teams would avoid handshakes, a practice that began during the Asia Cup 2025.
Meanwhile, former Indian player Sanjay Manjrekar also slammed India’s conduct over the no handshake policy
“This ‘no shaking hands’ is such a silly thing that India has started. It’s unbecoming of a nation like ours. Either play properly within the spirit of the game or don’t play at all,” he wrote on his X.
The issue first arose during the first of three clashes between Pakistan and India in the Asia Cup 2025.
India and Pakistan met three times in the continental tournament and on each occasion, they avoided the customary handshake.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha (c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan (wk), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Tariq, and Abrar Ahmed.
India: Ishan Kishan (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah.
