India (131/3) secure a convincing 7 wicket victory over Pakistan (127/9) in the high voltage encounter of the Asia Cup 2025

[Major]

yara the tapmad penalist with Akhtar is just hilarious. Akhtar has taken over the whole show ) lol

 

[Major]

Beef isn't prohibited in Hinduism. Its not consumed by most hindus out of the respect the have for the animal due to its use in their daily lives from eons. Fyi

tou meh kya karun?

 

[hks222]

tou meh kya karun?

Major firing shots

 

[Snowflake]

Cricinfo really needs to grow up. Look at the headline. “Sombre backdrop”

Can we move the frick on??? We’ve got a cricket game on our hands. Let’s focus on that.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Lets just discuss the match and stop settling old scores. Pakistan needs to be competitive in this contest, just because BCCI is not boycotting this match doesnt mean Pakistan has won.

 

[Major]

Your daddy probably taxi driver in Australia and like most of you guys are there.

@mominsaigol belongs from the richest families of Pakistan just FYI.

He might order a hit on u.

 

[mominsaigol]

@mominsaigol belongs from the richest families of Pakistan just FYI.

He might order a hit on u.

Cement, Sugar, Oil, Coal, Steel etc etc and B2B manufacturing.

Sadly no Hitmen .

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Personally i want a total road. But asking for too much here. T20 is for entertainment. Rolling out low bounce , low pace wicket kills the entertainment

What's entertaining about bowlers getting smashed to all parts and struggling to bowl dot balls?

 

[Major]

Cement, Sugar, Oil, Coal, Steel etc etc and B2B manufacturing.

Sadly no Hitmen .

oh come on Hitmans are there when needed.

 

[jnaveen1980]

What's entertaining about bowlers getting smashed to all parts and struggling to bowl dot balls?

You have tests and ODis for that. T20 is for batting. Not bowling.

 

[Ball Blazer]

But Junta was rooting for boycott???

 

[Snowflake]

Lets just discuss the match and stop settling old scores. Pakistan needs to be competitive in this contest, just because BCCI is not boycotting this match doesnt mean Pakistan has won.

Has anyone actually said that?

 

[imshally81]

Win the toss and bat first" type of pitch

 

[imshally81]

Pakistan won the toss and bat first

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan is batting first. Worried abotu chasing against India i suppose

 

[CricVet]

Pak bats first!

 

[PAKFAN12]

Good Toss to win , This is slow pitch

 

[Major]

We are batting first. Wur gaye

 

[Ball Blazer]

Pakistan have won the toss and have opted to bat first

 

[castortroy]

Pak chose to bat lol

What a dumb decision

 

[Asif321]

Why bat first .

 

[hks222]

What....

Why would toy bat first here FFS

 

[Major]

We are going with the same team

@Rana JEEEE RANEE JEE IS PLAYINGGGGG.
OH MAN There is going to be a riot in India.

Love it, this is the first time we will see 3 spinners against India by Pakistan

 

[Snowflake]

But Junta was rooting for boycott???


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Looks very sombre as per cricinfo.

 

[Asif321]

I doubt it’s right decision . Have seen past India chasing easily here

 

[prash88]

Pakistan batting first

 

[TexasRattlesnake]

@mominsaigol belongs from the richest families of Pakistan just FYI.

He might order a hit on u.

"Richest" in Pakistan isn't saying much lol

 

[followed]

Toss doesn't matter. Pakistan won't be able to post respectable total anyways.

 

[Snowflake]

I think it’s the right decision. This lineup is not chasing anything in a high pressure game

 

[Zeshan547]

Why would you bat 1st when all stats say otherwise, only reason i can come up with that they are trying to practice batting first scenario for next round clash which would actually matter for progressing. They can afford to lose this one. Still baffling decision.

 

[Snowflake]

"Richest" in Pakistan isn't saying much lol

It’s saying a lot to you. So you can sit down

 

[Major]

Now there is a new tension for India, whether to shake hands with Faheem or not.

 

[PAKFAN12]

What....

Why would toy bat first here FFS

Right decision. pitch will get even more difficult for batting in the second half

 

[Usman Chadda]

What the hell did Salman just do? Bowl first is the go-to action in UAE unless a minnow is playing against you.

We made only 160 against Oman, we won’t be able to give India much of a total here as the pitch is difficult to bat on in the first innings.

 

[Obaidd]

What....

Why would toy bat first here FFS

So that Haris could bat at 3

 

[Rana]

I think it’s the right decision. This lineup is not chasing anything in a high pressure game

I think it’s more because of how we have been playing up to this point

Pakistan wants to build a strong batting first team.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Right decision. pitch will get even more difficult for batting in the second half

Pitch gets better for batting in the second innings here, it’s a template that’s been followed forever in UAE.

 

[PakPremi]

Good decision to bat first put up score with relatively less pressure and hopefully use the good total posted as 12th man.

 

[Major]

I like Salman going with spin here. Good captaincy. Whether he wins or not doesnt matter, as atleast we have a captain that choose bowling according to the conditions

 

[RidiculousMan]

Was not expecting this. Pakistan will need to put an above par total. Maybe 180 and beyond.

 

[Ball Blazer]

Teams:

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy

Pakistan (Playing XI): Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris(w), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha(c), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed

 

[Ball Blazer]

Both sides are unchanged

 

[Devadwal]

Both team are playing with three spinners.

All the best to team india

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

"Richest" in Pakistan isn't saying much lol

You guys live in different world come to pakistan then see how rich we are.

 

[RidiculousMan]

We are going with the same team

@Rana JEEEE RANEE JEE IS PLAYINGGGGG.
OH MAN There is going to be a riot in India.

Love it, this is the first time we will see 3 spinners against India by Pakistan

If it doesn't spin for Pakistan. Phainta lagne wala hai phir

 

[zahid01]

Batting ist is a good option on low slow wickets but relying heavily on spin against India might not be a great idea let's see what happens

 

[Obaidd]

Hassan Nawaz needs time to settle in.
6 is too low for him but blue eyed boy Haris gets the number he wants.

 

[castortroy]

India will win this match by 7 wickets

 

[m.shah]

Pakistan afraid of chasing against Spinners

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

I like Salman going with spin here. Good captaincy. Whether he wins or not doesnt matter, as atleast we have a captain that choose bowling according to the conditions

Why your misbah is so dumb keep saying play pacers this guy should know in uae you need spinners.

 

[hks222]

What a dumb decision

 

[Major]

If it doesn't spin for Pakistan. Phainta lagne wala hai phir

DOesnt matter. The conditions are in support for spinners not pacers. Playing pacers here would had made no sense.THe decision here is based on conditions, which makes sense

 

[Sachin fan]

tou meh kya karun?

Koi bhi Gyan kabhi bhi fazlah nahi jata

 

[Usman Chadda]

Pakistan afraid of chasing against Spinners

This. They have mentally checked out here by batting first on a ground where chasing has always been the preferred option

 

[Major]

Why your misbah is so dumb keep saying play pacers this guy should know in uae you need spinners.

Misbah is saying droop Faheem and play a pacer for death overs to assist Shaheen. But i disagree with him.
Agha did the right thing.

 

[adi_62941]

I think its a good condition as Mr. Runs chaser (Kohli) has retired.
I will back young guns of pakistan here. Batting first is always an attacking decision

 

[Devadwal]

Saim Ayub 24 runs @2 No
Farhan 16 balls @2 No

 

[jnaveen1980]

Hesson probably told India can be choked with spin when they bat second like zimbabwe did. He is a numbers guy.

 

[Asif321]

Don’t wanna see 15/3 . But fear that will happen . Should have just chased . Be it 2021 WC the last Asia cup win vs India it all came chasing .

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

Misbah is saying droop Faheem and play a pacer for death overs to assist Shaheen. But i disagree with him.
Agha did the right thing.

Ya agha made a decision on conditions which makes sense that's the way to go in uae

 

[Mesozoic]

I am going to count the number of times the word "boy cott" used in this thread lol

Same lol..

Insane cope and cowardice by padosis.

Never seen them this paranoid and scared of a potential defeat.

 

[Major]

Hesson probably told India can be choked with spin when they bat second like zimbabwe did. He is a numbers guy.

They can, and Santner has done this many times.

 

[Devadwal]

Hesson probably told India can be choked with spin when they bat second like zimbabwe did. He is a numbers guy.

Huge responsibility for Dube , promote him at 5 ahead of Pandya to smashed the spinners

 

[Obaidd]

160 at least batting first to give ourselves a chance.

Pak’s undoing generally is the pressure and that’s missing from this game so I expect a good fight.

 

[Hellion]

Perhaps this pitch is different and Agha/Hesson expect it to get even slower in the 2nd half.

 

[Devadwal]

I am going to count the number of times the word "boy cott" used in this thread lol

For a week you will hear same word again and again when Pakistan badly lost Today

 

[Usman Chadda]

Perhaps this pitch is different and Agha/Hesson expect it to get even slower in the 2nd half.

It wont.

 

[AAli98]

Apart from Fakhar rest are walking wickets if the pitch is turning pak won’t cross 120

 

[Zeshan547]

I think not playing Haris can be the difference in the end. Indian may massacre our over rated spinners. And this pitch with due will be lesser helpful for spinners i think. But only silver lining is this match result doesn't matter much for progress to next round. They will learn their lesson never to bat first in Dubai and not play almost all spin heavy attack vs india even in UAE.

 

[TexasRattlesnake]

You guys live in different world come to pakistan then see how rich we are.

Stats don't lie.

 

[jnaveen1980]

They can, and Santner has done this many times.

I am talking about the current team. Since retirement of Kohli India has chased 8 matches won 6 lost 2. lost 1 against Zimbabwe. lost 1 against England.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Good decision to bat first. We will win this inshAllah.

 

[Major]

I am talking about the current team. Since retirement of Kohli India has chased 8 matches won 6 lost 2. lost 1 against Zimbabwe. lost 1 against England.

ok i dont care about that.

What i am saying is that people think India dominates spin, but there have been times they fell to spin when teams took advantage of the spin wicket like NZ used to do through Santner

 

[Usman Chadda]

Anyone else worried we won’t get knocked over for less than 100 here?

 

[Asif321]

Was their handshake at toss ?

 

[Snowflake]

I like Salman going with spin here. Good captaincy. Whether he wins or not doesnt matter, as atleast we have a captain that choose bowling according to the conditions

And a captain that has an original thought. Unlike someone who just follows a template in every game

 

[Sachin fan]

I think not playing Haris can be the difference in the end. Indian may massacre our over rated spinners. And this pitch with due will be lesser helpful for spinners i think. But only silver lining is this match result doesn't matter much for progress to next round. They will learn their lesson never to bat first in Dubai and not play almost all spin heavy attack vs india even in UAE.

Rauf would have been massacred by these indian batsmen. Spin is your best chance.

 

[MenInG]

Suryakumar Yadav: We were looking to bowl first, happy with it. We played just one strip away, was a nice wicket and better to bat on in the night. It's humid so hoping for some dew. Same team.

Salman Agha: Going to bat first. We've been playing good cricket, very excited. Looks like a slow wicket. Just want to bat first and put runs on the board. Same side. Have been here for 20-odd days and are used to the conditions.

 

[Major]

Anyone else worried we won’t get knocked over for less than 100 here?

The moment Kuldeep shows up, yes

 

[jnaveen1980]

ok i dont care about that.

What i am saying is that people think India dominates spin, but there have been times they fell to spin when teams took advantage of the spin wicket like NZ used to do through Santner

Santner is a different bowler who pauses briefly to see what the batsmen do. Not many bowlers have the same skill doing that.