{"id":501141,"date":"2025-10-15T09:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/501141\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T09:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:38:15","slug":"after-no-handshakes-in-cricket-india-pakistan-exchange-high-5s-pleasantries-in-hockey-watch-video-hockey-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/501141\/","title":{"rendered":"After no handshakes in cricket, India, Pakistan exchange high 5s, pleasantries in hockey &#8211; watch video | Hockey News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ind-pak-sultan-johor-cup.jpg\" alt=\"After no handshakes in cricket, India, Pakistan exchange high 5s, pleasantries in hockey - watch video\" title=\"India (in white) and Pakistan (in green) before their Sultan of Johor Cup match. (Screenshot)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>India (in white) and Pakistan (in green) before their Sultan of Johor Cup match. (Screenshot) The Indian junior men&#8217;s hockey team players demonstrated sportsmanship by exchanging pleasantries with their Pakistani counterparts during the Sultan of Johor Cup in Malaysia on Tuesday, contrasting with the recent &#8220;no handshake&#8221; incidents between the countries&#8217; cricket teams following security tensions.Videos and photos circulating showed U-21 players from both sides greeting each other and engaging in high fives during their encounter.<a href=\"\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong\" target=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">WATCH: India, Pakistan teams at the start of Sultan of Johor Cup match<\/a>This friendly exchange came shortly after India and Pakistan&#8217;s cricket teams avoided handshakes during their Asia Cup matches in UAE and World Cup game in Colombo, following the Pahalgam terrorist attack and India&#8217;s retaliatory <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/operation-sindoor\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operation Sindoor<\/a>.The cricket teams maintained their stance of no handshakes across three Asia Cup encounters, with the women&#8217;s teams following suit during their World Cup match in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Which game do you find more thrilling: India vs Pakistan in Hockey or Cricket?<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s refusal to shake hands and accept the Asia Cup trophy from Asian Cricket Council chairman Mohsin Naqvi led to Pakistan filing official complaints with the ACC and ICC.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"India Pakistan Sultan Johor Cup.\" msid=\"124566770\" width=\"\" title=\"India and Pakistan played out a 3-3 draw in the Sultan of Johor Cup. (Image: X\/Media_SAI)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/india-pakistan-sultan-johor-cup-.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>India and Pakistan played out a 3-3 draw in the Sultan of Johor Cup. (Image: X\/Media_SAI)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;India cannot accept the trophy from a person who is waging a war against the country,&#8221; the BCCI stated, justifying the team&#8217;s refusal after Naqvi, who serves as PCB chief and Pakistan&#8217;s interior minister, declined to present the trophy.The hockey match itself proved competitive as India and Pakistan played to a 3-3 draw in their third group-stage match of the age-group tournament.India displayed resilience by overcoming a two-goal deficit to take the lead, before Pakistan scored late to level the match.The draw helped India maintain their undefeated status in the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India (in white) and Pakistan (in green) before their Sultan of Johor Cup match. 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