{"id":425229,"date":"2026-02-14T10:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425229\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:45:07","slug":"ind-vs-pak-pakistan-captain-adds-fuel-to-handshake-controversy-with-fresh-remark-well-find-that-out-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425229\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs PAK: Pakistan captain adds fuel to handshake controversy with fresh remark &#8211; &#8216;We\u2019ll find that out&#8217; | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pakistan-tri-series-cricket.jpg\" alt=\"IND vs PAK: Pakistan captain adds fuel to handshake controversy with fresh remark - 'We\u2019ll find that out'\" title=\"Pakistan's T20 team skipper Salman Ali Agha (AP Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Pakistan&#8217;s T20 team skipper Salman Ali Agha (AP Photo) Ahead of the high-voltage India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup clash, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha has again stirred debate around the handshake controversy with a fresh remark. Speaking in the pre-match press conference, Agha said he hopes the game will be played in the right spirit but added a cryptic line about India\u2019s stance: &#8220;I hope match will be played in a true sportsmanship.&#8221; If Indian team plans to shake hands, &#8220;We\u2019ll find that out tomorrow,&#8221; he said, adding fuel to the ongoing narrative. <\/p>\n<p>Dance, drums and fun! Team India land in Colombo | Hardik Pandya with Mahieka Sharmaindia arrival-<\/p>\n<p>India reached Colombo on Friday to a festive welcome, with local dancers and drummers greeting the team at the airport. Arshdeep Singh caught everyone\u2019s attention with his dance moves, while head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/gautam-gambhir\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gautam Gambhir<\/a> stayed focused and serious. Both teams will train separately on Saturday, with Pakistan practising in the afternoon and India in the evening. The ICC confirmed, &#8220;Pakistan will have a training session at the RPICS from 14h00 to 17h00 local time and hold a media interaction at the Press Conference Room starting around 13h45.&#8221; For India, &#8220;India will have a training session at the RPICS from 18h00 to 21h00 local time and hold a media interaction at the Press Conference Room starting around 17h30.&#8221;On the field, India will rely on key batters like Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/hardik-pandya\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hardik Pandya<\/a>, Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, and either <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/abhishek-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Abhishek Sharma<\/a> or Sanju Samson. Abhishek is recovering from illness, while Arshdeep and Hardik have strong past records against Pakistan. With Sri Lankan pitches expected to assist spin, Varun Chakravarthy could play a crucial role.Earlier, Agha had criticised India\u2019s refusal to shake hands during the Asia Cup, calling such actions bad for the game and young fans. He had said, &#8220;We don&#8217;t really feel hurt or anything like that. But, yeah, for the game is not good.&#8221; He also stressed that players are role models and should set the right example.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s T20 team skipper Salman Ali Agha (AP Photo) Ahead of the high-voltage India vs Pakistan T20 World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[39531,17849,1721,18855,27710,152583,154794,156108,101,69505,8051,30688,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-425229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-abhishek-sharma","9":"tag-asia-cup","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-gautam-gambhir","12":"tag-hardik-pandya","13":"tag-india-cricket-team-news","14":"tag-india-vs-pakistan-t20-world-cup","15":"tag-salman-ali-agha-handshake-controversy","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-sportsmanship-in-cricket","18":"tag-t20-world-cup","19":"tag-t20-world-cup-2026","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom","22":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}