India, Sept. 29 -- What do you get for going through a tournament unbeaten, for running up a 7-0 record, for sometimes not being at your best and still being able to breast the tape? The winners' cheque, sure, but also a trophy, the symbol of supremacy, the silverware that comes with being the champion.

What do you get when a megalomaniac decides that, despite obvious and stated objections, it is his divine right to present the trophy, no matter if the victorious side is determined not to receive it from him because of where he hails from? A standoff that didn't cover anyone in glory, an empty-handed retreat for the victors.

Sunday ought to have been a night of unfettered celebrations for Suryakumar Yadav and his men. In his first multi...