Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf crossed all limits of decency while reacting to the Indian team refusing handshakes with their Pakistani counterparts after defeating them in the Asia Cup 2025 on Sunday.
Given the Indian public's feelings toward the match because of the Pahalgam incident earlier this year, the BCCI has informally backed Team India in the handshake dispute.
However, in response to the handshake scandal, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has taken serious action, suspending Usman Wahla, the Director of International Cricket, and lodging complaints with the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
Adding fuel to the fire, Mohammad Yousuf's inflammatory remarks about Suryakumar Yadav and the Men in Blue during a live TV event surprised the cricket world.
The former Pakistani batter called Suryakumar a pig and ridiculed him by dubbing him "Suarkumar Yadav."
Calling Suryakumar Yadav deliberately a “pig,” Yousuf criticized Indian players for being stuck in a “filmy” mindset for not shaking hands with the Pakistani players after the Asia Cup 2025 clash in Dubai.
He also brought in PM Narendra Modi into his rant and stated that India is torturing Pakistan through match referees and umpires. He stated that umpires and officials are dancing to the tune of PM Modi and the ICC, headed by Jay Shah.
“These poor people just can’t get out of their filmy mindset. They are still stuck in their own filmy world. And that Suar (pig) Kumar is…,” Yousuf said, despite being corrected by the Samaa TV anchor.
“India should be ashamed of the way they are trying to win, by taking the umpire on their side, by torturing Pakistan through the match referee. Their umpire's finger is dancing on the orders of PM Modi… When we used to play, that finger was not raising that much,” he added.
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India has already qualified for the Super 4s stage, while Pakistan will need to beat UAE on September 17 to qualify. If Pakistan does so, they will face India once again on Sunday, September 21.
