Asia Cup: Suryakumar Yadav slams ACC for withholding trophy; donates match fees to armed forces

TimesofIndia.com successful Dubai: India skipper Suryakumar Yadav made a heartfelt motion aft starring his broadside to the Asia Cup 2025 title, announcing that helium would donate his full lucifer fees from the tourney to the Indian equipped forces.The skipper besides did not mince words successful expressing his disappointment with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) for denying the champions their trophy contempt a hard-fought campaign.“I deliberation this is 1 happening I person ne'er seen. Since I started playing and pursuing cricket, a champion squad being denied a trophy. That excessively a hard-earned one,” Suryakumar said aft India’s five-wicket triumph implicit Pakistan successful the last astatine the Dubai International Stadium.India remained unbeaten passim the tournament, defeating Pakistan thrice, including successful the final. But the lack of the trophy presumption near a sour enactment amid the celebrations.“For me, the existent trophies are sitting successful the dressing country — my 14 teammates and the enactment staff. They are the crushed we won this title. Still, a squad winning a hard-fought tourney and not getting a trophy is thing I person ne'er seen,” helium added.

On the off-field developments, the Indian skipper said it did not impact his captaincy."I consciousness it was not that difficult. The boys took it successful their stride. They were truly blessed with the mode the run was going."Since time 1 I person been telling them lone 1 thing: Let's conscionable absorption connected cricket connected the ground. And erstwhile we spell to the signifier sessions, let's bask what we are doing. Do the aforesaid things that we privation to bash successful the game."I deliberation the boys took it successful a affirmative way. I consciousness unbeaten successful the tournament, the boys stepped up whenever needed. I deliberation those are the tiny moments, tiny trophies, which we won going guardant into the World Cup year."And arsenic I said earlier also, I person ne'er seen this — a squad winning a hard-earned tourney and not getting a trophy. We can't accidental we were disappointed. But if you see, we had a batch of smiles connected our faces arsenic we were connected the crushed enjoying the infinitesimal connected the podium," helium said.The India skipper besides opened up astir his ain batting form, brushing speech speech of being “out of form.”“I don’t deliberation I americium retired of form; I americium retired of runs. I judge successful my preparations. In matches, things spell connected autopilot. God is watching, and if you support doing well, everything comes connected time,” helium said.Capping disconnected his property league with a astonishment announcement, Suryakumar revealed: “As a gesture, I privation to donate my lucifer fees from each the games successful this tourney to the

Indian Army

. I don’t cognize if radical volition telephone it controversial, but for me, it’s the close happening to do.”