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How should Pakistan repay India for Handshakegate in their next game?

How should Pakistan repay India for Handshakegate in their next game?

  • Behave normally and let the cricket do the talking

    Votes: 19 55.9%

  • Show up with tea cups in hand in opening and closing ceremony

    Votes: 11 32.4%

  • Other ideas (suggest)

    Votes: 4 11.8%
  • Total voters
    34
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The story of the last India-Pakistan match wasn't just the cricket; it was the deliberate and repeated snub that followed.

It began at the toss, where Suryakumar Yadav refused to shake Salman Ali Agha's hand on the advice of the match referee, setting a tense tone.

It ended after the game, when the Indian team, after a dominant win, walked straight off the field and into their dressing room, shutting the door on the Pakistani players who were waiting for the customary handshake.

This wasn't a heat-of-the-moment oversight; it was a premeditated, political statement played out on a sports field.

So, for the next encounter, the question isn't just about winning. It's about response. How should Pakistan repay India for "Handshakegate"?
  • The Ultimate Payback: A crushing victory, followed by a gracious and full handshake line, taking the undeniable moral high ground.
  • The Mirror: Return the exact same energy—no handshakes at the toss, complete indifference after the game, win or lose.
What is the perfect blend of sportsmanship, strategy, and statement? How does Pakistan settle this score?

This is a light-hearted thread, so please refrain from war-mongering or similar content.
 
Losers can't do anything, so first win the match against India, which is impossible for the Pakistani team. So it's better to keep quiet, play the game, and leave the field after losing.

:klopp :kp
 
Come out like warriors, stare Bhartiya superstars in the eye. Since the hopes of winning are already zero, play a few physically strong players to roughen up Indians.

Yes there will be a few suspensions, but a worthy sacrifice for the glory that comes back home.
 
Play and behave on field with dignity, Pakistanis do not have to fool their public with topi drama in front of cameras, whilst off camera shaking hand with the interior minister of Pakistan, man very close to the same Pakistani army that downed 5/6 Indian planes.
 
They Likely to bring Kashmir during the Toss. That is what they can do because they can't do anything in post match PC after thrashing they will receive from team india.

:klopp :kp
 
IF we beat UAE and then IND, we should go for a handshake after the game. Show the world how the Indian players run away from a handshake.

There’s no “if we lose to Ind”, you JUST CANT LOSE AFTER ALL THATS BEEN DONE.
 
Make a post match animal sacrifice as a sadqa.
 
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The only thing that Pakistan should do is to perform and play good cricket. It's a T20, so that each day can be different. Just beat India on 22 yards, if you have the capability or else Zimbabwe is there always.
 
I think Pakistani players are too nice with Indian players. For example, Shaheen once gifted Bumrah for his newborn or something.

The thing is Indian players do not return the favor. So, it is a one-way traffic.

I think Pakistani team should sledge India next time; they can taunt Indian players with Rafale jets, Operation Tandoor etc. Even if Pakistan lose, remind them about their losses in Operation Tandoor.

:inti
 
Devadwal said:
Losers can't do anything, so first win the match against India, which is impossible for the Pakistani team. So it's better to keep quiet, play the game, and leave the field after losing.

:klopp :kp
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What BS is this

Pak can beat india in a t20 game on a given day, its a 1 off match. There is nothing impossible in it
 
sweep_shot said:
I think Pakistani players are too nice with Indian players. For example, Shaheen once gifted Bumrah for his newborn or something.

The thing is Indian players do not return the favor. So, it is a one-way traffic.

I think Pakistani team should sledge India next time; they can taunt Indian players with Rafale jets, Operation Tandoor etc. Even if Pakistan lose, remind them about their losses in Operation Tandoor.

:inti
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Yeah lol unlike those "losses" their loss on the field is real.
 
Here are the options presented:

  • The Ultimate Payback: A crushing victory, followed by a gracious and full handshake line, taking the undeniable moral high ground.
  • The Mirror: Return the exact same energy—no handshakes at the toss, complete indifference after the game, win or lose.

“The Ultimate Payback” assumes that the Indians want to shake hands. If the PCT players line up for shaking hands they’ll look like fools standing alone not having learnt anything from the first incident. This option is no good.

“The Mirror” option is their only option with the hand they have been dealt. Avoid interaction, play the game, win or lose, mind your own business. No histrionics, no abuses, but be aggressive in play. Nothing replies better than a win.
 
charlie007 said:
Here are the options presented:

  • The Ultimate Payback: A crushing victory, followed by a gracious and full handshake line, taking the undeniable moral high ground.
  • The Mirror: Return the exact same energy—no handshakes at the toss, complete indifference after the game, win or lose.

“The Ultimate Payback” assumes that the Indians want to shake hands. If the PCT players line up for shaking hands they’ll look like fools standing alone not having learnt anything from the first incident. This option is no good.

“The Mirror” option is their only option with the hand they have been dealt. Avoid interaction, play the game, win or lose, mind your own business. No histrionics, no abuses, but be aggressive in play. Nothing replies better than a win.
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They chose another option they had apparently "boycott"
 
By not doing handshake with UAE

Not joking, with PCB anything is possble.
 
The only good thing about PP is that when PCB messes up most Pakistani posters take them to the court instead of blindly defending them like some posters do for BCCI goof ups.

And Pakistani posters go ham when blasting their own board so it’s a fun read without actually needing to troll them.
 
big_gamer007 said:
The only good thing about PP is that when PCB messes up most Pakistani posters take them to the court instead of blindly defending them like some posters do for BCCI goof ups.

And Pakistani posters go ham when blasting their own board so it’s a fun read without actually needing to troll them.
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I think its equivalent to us supporting Indian municipal corporation(that's how I see PCB) as BCCI does make financial sense most of the time along with game promotion in India.
 
JaDed said:
I think its equivalent to us supporting Indian municipal corporation(that's how I see PCB) as BCCI does make financial sense most of the time along with game promotion in India.
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BCCI is good for Indian cricket, but if they goof up then it should be called out that’s how we make our systems even better.
But I do get your point, compared to our neighbours BCCI seems to be from a Scandinavian country.
 
Maybe win a game against them for once and show that skillwise, talentwise you belong with them. Indians are so far ahead, they know they cannot lose against the present Pakistani team hence why the disrespectful antics. Ganguly even mentioned i don't even feel like watching the present Pakistani team, its a complete waste of time.
 
big_gamer007 said:
The only good thing about PP is that when PCB messes up most Pakistani posters take them to the court instead of blindly defending them like some posters do for BCCI goof ups.

And Pakistani posters go ham when blasting their own board so it’s a fun read without actually needing to troll them.
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Agreed. I love Pakistanis' self-critical nature in my dozen+ years of my time here.

We on the other hand treat it as a national sin to criticize ourselves.
 
Oh God, here we go again.

Acha bhalla boycott kartay, yaye nobaat na ati.

Anyways, i doubt we are gonna win, so its upto India not to do anything stupid and create a controversy which we will use for another week.

The build up has been good.

Also, for us to reach the finals, we can do so by winning 2 games and losing to India.

So lets lose this game aswell, and hope to win the third one :inzi
 
Defeat India and don’t shake their hands and walk away in the finals.

The major hurdle for Pakistan is the Afghanistan or Srilanka that they might face in the semis.
 
I mean why we would even care about the handshake? It was quite evident from the toss that there won't be any handshakes so why just wait for it, and even if we waited then why even making a fuss about it. All this was very much on cards, idk how PCB didn't anticipated about all this beforehand.

Our only hopes are to beat India on 21st Sept and deliver the same kind of speech at the end with the same body language thru out the match otherwise whatever we say whatever we do doesn't hold any weightage as we will only seen as cry babies.

I'm not that kind of a guy who says 'Worldcup har jao lakin India sa jeet jao' but this time i really don't care about the cup just win on 21st Sept and after that even if we can't make it to final i'll still be happy. But looking at how our batsman have performed in last 3 matches; I don't have any hopes maybe a miracle can save us. Someone from the top the order has to play a blinder of an innings else it will be another thrashing for us.
 
Just put your head down and try and win the cup? It is not going to be easy as India, SL and one of BD/AFG are not going to be a walk in the park. So Pakistan will do well to concentrate on cricket and not deflect public with non-cricketing nonsense. I guess PCB has been very successful in doing so, they have made the fans feel that boycotting was a great idea. Now they have an excuse if the team crashes out lol. Well done PCB and the fans.
 
hur rizvi said:
Pakistan players need to do some good old sledging filled with Punjabi love

They should be hostile irrespective of Winning or losing
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Well that will be a bad idea. This Indian team is not like the ones in the past, they don't care or back down when the opposition sledge. Also you need to be a confident side to be able to sledge the opponent. Pakistan batters themselves are so scared at the crease that they wouldn't sledge a cat if they saw one. Difficult to sledge someone when you are a deer caught in the headlights yourself.
 
Devadwal said:
When will Pakistan supporters understand that if they had to boycott, they would not have played with UAE even after so much embarrassment.

,:klopp :kp
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They never meant to boycott to be frank. This was all a big act to deflect from their underwhelming performance against India. Now no one is talking about how bad Pakistan were against India but are worried about why India did not shake hands after the game or why Pycroft wasn't removed etc. PCB achieved their goal. They will never boycott any games.
 
Show up at the toss, but refuse to play the match if they refuse to shake our hand at toss :agha

So fortfeiting the game at the last minute would be a fitting response :D
 
I think shoaib’s aeroplane celebration after a good victory will be the best answer!

No need for anything else. A nice subtle troll. We don’t need to big up the armed forces. They’ve already been celebrated around the world, nothing to prove.
 
"Handshakegate" might have been a moment of friction, but rivalries like Pakistan v India are bigger than any single gesture. The best response is a win with grace because revenge through cricketing excellence echoes a lot louder than silence at the boundary.
 
Well hopefully dawns on pti fanboys in particular bewal that the only respectable organisation in pakistan and individual athlete is pak fauj and arshad nadeem who can make pakistan proud and give the indians chitrol

The rest including the pathetic cricket team whose bayra ghark was setup by the toshakhana hustler with his Australian system well it's all bearing fruit now
 
Varun said:
Agreed. I love Pakistanis' self-critical nature in my dozen+ years of my time here.

We on the other hand treat it as a national sin to criticize ourselves.
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There are a lot of self-critical indians that are typically leftist or centerist but their voices are drowned by the loud nationalist indians.
 
The worst thing for a mediocre team with all due respect in shaky form to do will be to overwhelm themselves with thinking about shenanigans and drama off the field than the game.

Just focus on 1 game at a time, try to win and gloat all you want by winning the Asia cup. That will earn everyone’s respect automatically.

That’s what works for a professional team like India: they block outside noises and go about their business despite having 1000X pressure of any sporting nation in any sport to win every time.
 
psyoptica said:
There are a lot of self-critical indians that are typically leftist or centerist but their voices are drowned by the loud nationalist indians.
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I would assume it’s tough to be self-critical especially here when every other post has some vitriol, snarky or hateful comment against India 👍. Have a civil conversation and we can discuss any problem you want with India if that topic interests you so much. Bring your genuine questions and data, no problem with it.
 
PCB has blown this out of proportion to hide their failures and shortcomings and all Pakistanis currently doing is playing to the gallery by making this such a big topic which PCB wants.. Pakistan batters were still pathetic against UAE, however the discussion was more about refree and boycott drama..it's baffling to see these kind of discussion where the simple answer is if someone don't want to shake hands with you, then don't shake hands..just play cricket for which you had come for and move on..
 
psyoptica said:
There are a lot of self-critical indians that are typically leftist or centerist but their voices are drowned by the loud nationalist indians.
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In India, either it is extreme left or extreme right and there are very few people who give constructive criticism.. Criticism will have value only when you criticize the things that are wrong and appreciate the things which are done right..however most of these leftists or opposition just do is criticize everything and do not appreciate the good things for the fear of votes..if anyone from the opposition party appreciates a gives work, then they are reprimanded and asked to say sorry..if a neutral appreciate a govt work, they are called Sanghis..w.r.t extreme rights, they are too much jingoistic and not tolerant to criticism.. anyone criticize them and they become super abusive..it applies to cricket also where fan of Rohit abuses Kohli and vice-versa when there is no need as both play for India..so the criticisms don't add value as most of them are agenda driven and not constructive..
 
Actually the current Indian team is severely undercooked. THey hardly played any T20s in 2025. Only Abhishek did the damage mostly. Others didn't exactly have a proper hit.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Actually the current Indian team is severely undercooked. THey hardly played any T20s in 2025. Only Abhishek did the damage mostly. Others didn't exactly have a proper hit.
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Yeah, this team has potential but have been pretty lackluster. Their combination also looks suspect. Tilak is not good at , Dube is decent but is not a world beater, Samson down the order is not fully effective and gill is wasting a spot. Abishek will always give chances and when was the last time Pandya actually batted? Probably in IPL. Bumrah also looked out of depth, while Varun just looked like going through the motion. Only Kuldeep seemed to be on top of his game along with Axar who always gives his all. ICT is very strong but look undercooked now and cab beaten. Pak can sprinf an upset on Sunday and with all the talk India has put them under unnecessary pressure
 
The best way would be to beat India but we all know this is not gonna happen so the next option will be to wear a jersey with a picture of Suryakumar's handshake with Mohsin Naqvi.
 
Pakistan has three days to write the script for salman Agha.

Surya gave them sleepless night and Sunday again he is going to humiliate Pakistan on the field when we will beat them

:klopp :kp
 
First aim should be to win its a massive aim but its possible India could have a off day then to get under their skin they should all do the airplane celebration and crash down together just remind them of the Rafael saga this will **** them off.
 
Some suggestions -

Naqvi gate - Pakistani players come with jerseys with screengrab of SKY shaking Naqvis hand.

Intent gate - Pakistani players try to go for 6 every ball even if they get all out under 50. They still win the intent matchup!

Intent boycott gate - opposite of the above. Pakistani batsmen tuk tuk every ball as a protest against BCCI, ICC, the world, the heavens. Also known as Misbah gate.

Sponser boycott gate - Pakistani players come with thick masks covering their faces at all time and try to hit shots to trick the cameraman to harm the broadcasters and sponsors to send a message.

Super sub (super snub) gate - pakistani players all send their subs including duplicate look alikes caught from Dubai streets, instead of themselves to confuse everyone.

Or they can try the very out of the box and unexpected - Cricket gate - this is where they ignore everything Indians did and just play cricket to their best of abilities. I know, I know, very radical. But imagine how much this will confuse everyone!
 
Local.Dada said:
I would assume it’s tough to be self-critical especially here when every other post has some vitriol, snarky or hateful comment against India 👍. Have a civil conversation and we can discuss any problem you want with India if that topic interests you so much. Bring your genuine questions and data, no problem with it.
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That’s how Pakistanis feel about Indians. There’s a lot of hate that is perpetuated whenever there’s an event like Phalgham or Pulwama. I do think that this forum is full of anti india bias and people seem to be obsessed with india for some weird reason. Maybe because of a sizeable Indian presence here Idk. This is usually not the case on many other Pakistani platforms.
I think most people are reasonable decent people on both sides who just wanna live their life peacefully But the few loudmouth idiots spouting nonsense get the most attention and make people react emotionally. Sadly this the way of the world and this is why the peace cannot prosper here.
 
Best Idea to claims a victory over india.

Naqvi is Acc chairman so he can convence ICC to not telecast india vs pakistan match so Pakistan can claims the victory .

@Rana can post fake posts one after another from social media to show us how Pakistan defeated India.

He will show that Saim, Fakhar and Harris hit sixes off Bumrah and Kuldeep.

Saim Six =4, Fakhar -5, Haris = 3, Total Pakistan six= 15

@The Bald Eagle @BouncerGuy @Wasim Ghulam @Major the can open one thread after another to show how Pakistan devised a master strategy to take Indian wickets in a stunning victory.

Final result Pakistan win by 6 wickets so 6-0 victory for pakistan over india.

Proof - All over social Media's

:klopp :kp
 
chakdeindian said:
In India, either it is extreme left or extreme right and there are very few people who give constructive criticism.. Criticism will have value only when you criticize the things that are wrong and appreciate the things which are done right..however most of these leftists or opposition just do is criticize everything and do not appreciate the good things for the fear of votes..if anyone from the opposition party appreciates a gives work, then they are reprimanded and asked to say sorry..if a neutral appreciate a govt work, they are called Sanghis..w.r.t extreme rights, they are too much jingoistic and not tolerant to criticism.. anyone criticize them and they become super abusive..it applies to cricket also where fan of Rohit abuses Kohli and vice-versa when there is no need as both play for India..so the criticisms don't add value as most of them are agenda driven and not constructive..
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Everyone has their biases and people of the subcontinent are especially tribal in nature. People wanna be associated with anything that gives them a sense of belonging. Cricket and religion are 2 things people in this part of the world take very seriously and it’s difficult to make a fair assessment when emotions are high. But I believe Indians in general are very smart and have a very good understanding of cricket even when they are divided on their favorite player or team. I think there’s beauty in diversity of opinions.
 
Just beat Bharat in the final and walk off. Very unlikely, but should be the most cherished victory for Pakistan in years.
 
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