India skipper Suryakumar Yadav and his Pakistan counterpart Salman Ali Agha refrained from shaking hands with each other during the toss of their T20 World Cup 2026 clash in Colombo on Sunday (February 15).

There was a lot of speculations on whether the arch-rivals would exchange pleasantries, especially after tempers flared during the Asia Cup last year.

As it turned out, the no-handshake policy continued. In fact, the two captains didn't even exchange eye contact, and maintained distance. Furthermore, the players of both teams didn’t engage in customary handshake after the end of the match.

However, a fresh video has surfaced on social media, in which Shaheen Afridi and Usman Tariq can be seen taking a pause before looking back at the Indian team after Pakistan lost their last wicket.

While the motive behind the pause is not known, a lot of cricket fans on social media claimed that they were waiting to shake hands with the Indian players.

Here’s the clip:

Coming to the match, India outplayed Pakistan in all facets of the game to win the contest by 61 runs at R.Premadasa Stadium and make it 8-1 against the traditional rivals in T20 World Cups.

Riding on Ishan Kishan’s swashbuckling 77 off just 40 balls, the defending champions racked up 175/7 on the board. Suryakumar Yadav (32 off 29), Shivam Dube (27 off 17), Tilak Varma (25 off 24) and Rinku Singh (11* of 4) also made handy contributions with the bat on a tacky wicket.

In reply, Pakistan’s innings folded for a mere 114 in 18 overs. Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel and Varun Chakaravarthy picked up two wickets each for India, while Kuldeep Yadav and Tilak returned with scalp apiece.

With this win, India sealed their place in the Super 8s. They will face Netherlands in the last group-stage fixture in Ahmedabad on February 18. On the other hand, Pakistan cannot afford any slip-up against Namibia if they want to qualify for the super eight phase of the tournament.