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

[Deewana Mastana]

With Rohit sharma around INdia is going to miss a lot of young talents playing for India. Don't know what the heck a 40 year old Rohit will be doing in the worl dcup.

Would he get picked and played ahead of Abhishek?

 

[Asif321]

This is?

India

 

[IAJ]

This is?

Versus UAE and AFG, where he was taking wickets for fun. Here he is facing quality batters.

 

[Mesozoic]

SKY has barely played any balls..

Feel he's going to tee off or depart.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Not seen much of Abrar. WHat is Abrar's stock ball?

 

[prash88]

This is not a 127 runs pitch. They needed at least 160 to be competitive here.

170 is the par score, considering it's a chasing ground.

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

If Pakistan can get 4 wickets, it'd be a big moral win for them.

They already got a few moral points for not being all-out.

 

[Mesozoic]

India

Lol..I thought you were talking about the venue.

 

[OldWarHorse]

We're probably going to milk Abrar like in the Champions Trophy

 

[Rana]

80-5

Only chance here

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Can’t believe we chose to bat first lol.

Wouldn't have mattered.

When India would have clobbered us for 200 we would have another reality check.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

This is called maximising your match up

Left hander taking down the left arm spinner

Trust fakhar to dab and bring the right hander on to deal with him

Poor to introduce Nawaz when Tilak was at the crease. He's strong vs SLA spin.

 

[Savak]

Result isn't disappointing. Man to man in the team, on the bench and second eleven, Indian players are just too superior to the Pakistani players. Mismatch really

 

[m.shah]

Where has the turn gone

 

[Devadwal]

They should wrap this up by the 12th most likely

Need some batting practice for next big game against Oman .no need to finish the game early.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Another day another humiliation for Pakistan cricket

SHould they lose it is not humiliation. Expected result. India is too good a side. But Pakistan should worry more about long term. They have to construct their T20 team slightly differently than this. They can get away with few wins in these conditions. What will they do on absolute roads. Hitting a six every 10 balls in between a lot of dot balls won't help you.

 

[Rana]

Poor to introduce Nawaz when Tilak was at the crease. He's strong vs SLA spin.

Captaincy seems scripted

 

[Justcrazy]

64 . 2

7 overs , India executing the plans very well.

 

[CricVet]

Pakistan spinners try to save runs instead of attacking wickets and take more chance; Indians the other way around

 

[amvbfm]

He was searching for wickets, so it’s fine. We are not restricting India here

Yeah, I guess, I was a little harsh there and also not giving credit to Abishek.

 

[prash88]

Poor to introduce Nawaz when Tilak was at the crease. He's strong vs SLA spin.

Tilak is weak against wrist spin. Surya weak against SLA. So they are taking turns on who to attack...

 

[ads101]

Wouldn't have mattered.

When India would have clobbered us for 200 we would have another reality check.

I agree. Still you go with the tactical right decision. I think we just chose to bat first because we afraid we would bottle chasing. Which isn’t a very good mentality.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I remember PCT in non- wc games used to smack Prassad like this -Anwar Afridi Ijaz Inzi, love how times have changed in my lifetime.

29 matches against PAK. Got smacked in 8 or 9 of them. Otherwise he was actually pretty good against them .

Agarkar was the real liability

 

[Devadwal]

If Pakistan can get 4 wickets, it'd be a big moral win for them.

They already got a few moral points for not being all-out.

@DeadlyVenom take the hint for your new thread. Btw where are you bro ?

 

[Rana]

India break their Powerplay record against Pakistan

RizBar fans really need to take a hard look at this

India is continuing to distance themselves from Pakistan and the RizBar fans want to keep Pakistan static!

 

[m.shah]

Left arm short bowler ..Sufiyan Muqeem

 

[jnaveen1980]

Would he get picked and played ahead of Abhishek?

Gambhir will like to phase him out. Even if ROhit goes, it will be most likely Jaiswal that will come in. Made 88 in under-19 world cup final. Bonafide test player.

 

[mominsaigol]

80-5

Only chance here

Naw it's over. Try again next game ig

 

[Sachin fan]

Lol they can't play spin what skill set pak hasn't even introduced abrar sufiyan yet

Lol, they were maximizing the power play overs and not afraid to lose wickets because we have a long batting. They could have played scared like Farhan did, but they chose not to. This is the highest power play score ever for india against pakistan despite target being only 128.

 

[jnaveen1980]

can't believe SKY hit that half tracker only for 4 not 6

 

[JaDed]

29 matches against PAK. Got smacked in 8 or 9 of them. Otherwise he was actually pretty good against them .

Agarkar was the real liability

I even saw Mohanty and Kuruwilla bro.. I can’t even recall if we played against them but always felt like we got smacked in non-Icc games.

Prassad’s best game against PCT was 1999.. terrible throughout

 

[Sachin fan]

This is?

I think he meant the UAE cricket team.

 

[gazza619]

India break their Powerplay record against Pakistan

RizBar fans really need to take a hard look at this

India is continuing to distance themselves from Pakistan and the RizBar fans want to keep Pakistan static!

What did your modern day Pakistan boys do today?

Charya!!

 

[Mesozoic]

GG is obsessed with Left right combo so if a SKY gets out, Pandya comes in and Axar for Tilak..

 

[Mohraheem]

Misbah retired from t20s 13 years ago. You seem to be mentally stuck at that age

Use the same energy..

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

How can you be so overly reliant on spin bowling against a team like India? What a joke

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Tilak is weak against wrist spin. Surya weak against SLA. So they are taking turns on who to attack...

Yep. This is what India lacked in that 2021-22 period. Complimentary skills. We used to play 8 RH batsmen who all sucked against the ball spinning away and, bar a couple, sucked against left arm pace as well

 

[Savak]

Credit to the Indian captain Surya, he had the fielders in the right spots in the circles, minimized the singles on offer for the Pakistani batters.

 

[Nasty Naz]

India top 7 are all batters with 140+ SR and some of them significantly higher than that while Pakistan has one, just one batter in its entire batting lineup with a 140+ SR and that is Hasan Nawaz.

Pakistan can't even cling on to the bowlers being better than India like they did before as it's no longer the case.

 

[Major]

India gave an all round performance. Dominated with the ball, bat and field. They have some beast level players.

I wish we played some test matches against them. Scoring off their spinners is itself a very difficult game.

 

[JaDed]

SKY is playing with pressure?

 

[castortroy]

CT 2017

8 years lol

Still decided to bat first

 

[Mesozoic]

Zero aggresive shots against Abrar. Intersting!

 

[big_gamer007]

Why are they playing these songs in the stadium? Like seriously?

 

[Rana]

What did your modern day Pakistan boys do today?

Charya!!

They failed

They didn’t intentionally look to be eunuchs

 

[prash88]

Gambhir will like to phase him out. Even if ROhit goes, it will be most likely Jaiswal that will come in. Made 88 in under-19 world cup final. Bonafide test player.

I wish Rohit gets kicked out before 2027 ODI WC for Jaiswal. Can't open with a 40-year-old player in SA conditions and expect to win the WC. Kohli at 38 is probably fine.

 

[JaDed]

Charya!!

Are you sindhi??

 

[jnaveen1980]

They literally play everything off the backfoot.

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

8 years lol

Still decided to bat first

They were scared before the match. That's as simple as that.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I even saw Mohanty and Kuruwilla bro.. I can’t even recall if we played against them but always felt like we got smacked in non-Icc games.

Prassad’s best game against PCT was 1999.. terrible throughout

I think our full attack of Sri/Prasad/Jumbo played together was alright. But there were times when we had Prasad and Kuruvilla together etc. and then it was a hiding into the Indian Ocean.

 

[Devadwal]

Pitch has enough help for the spinners if they Bowl well in good areas

 

[big_gamer007]

Credit to the Indian captain Surya, he had the fielders in the right spots in the circles, minimized the singles on offer for the Pakistani batters.

Pakistani players re bad at rotating strike, it’s been same thing since last 10-15 years, captaincy was alright but more than captaincy it’s the inability of Pakistani batters to rotate strike.

 

[jnaveen1980]

lol 46 mph delivery. Tilak has to wait for eternity. THat was like Adil Rashid

 

[Ahmed216]

Pakistan cricket was hanging by a thread until Mohsin Naqvi arrived and cut it

 

[Justcrazy]

Indian batters are bating with precision , the game is going towards expected end.

 

[IAJ]

Abrar is a class bowler, just needed some 50 more runs to defend.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Tilak is one player that has issue with strike rotation. This is bad.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Not seen much of Abrar. WHat is Abrar's stock ball?

googly

 

[Mohraheem]

Misbah retired from t20s 13 years ago. You seem to be mentally stuck at that age

You following this match on cricinfo ? You want subscription for Willow tv. Pakistan gave Misbah a tribute with tuktuk. Because of Misbah Pakistan unable to produce power hitters

 

[baba ghazi]

pakistan could have been in a better position if not for " pace is pace yaar" approach of shaheen shah afridi combined with bowling full despite knowing abhishek will slog it

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

I am still confident with spinners if pakistan make 160 they can make a game of it but they must make 160 on these uae pitches.

 

[uppercut]

SHould they lose it is not humiliation. Expected result. India is too good a side. But Pakistan should worry more about long term. They have to construct their T20 team slightly differently than this. They can get away with few wins in these conditions. What will they do on absolute roads. Hitting a six every 10 balls in between a lot of dot balls won't help you.

humiliation ? They have already won ... because a tailender hit boundaries of JJ and we have lost 2 wkts already #LahoriLogic

 

[OldWarHorse]

Abrar usually turns up against India.

 

[Sachin fan]

Zero aggresive shots against Abrar. Intersting!

Is there any need? Required run rate is below 5.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Abrar is bowling ultra slow. Batsmen have to wait for eternity. Basically he is hoping for batsmen making an error than him beating batsmen with flight.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

666 by Tilak

 

[Devadwal]

Zero aggresive shots against Abrar. Intersting!

What the point? No pressure at all so better to practise against Abrar and sufiyan for next match

 

[JaDed]

The IPL superstars are more than enough against PCt it seems

 

[IAJ]

Beautiful batting, six and single

 

[BlackstoneRock]

Batting not that easy in 2 nd innings against spin

 

[Justcrazy]

The bad thing for pakistan here is that , there is no contest here.

 

[charlie007]

No need to blindly hit out - it’s 5 an over they need … NRR is not a factor either

 

[Deewana Mastana]

8 years lol

Still decided to bat first

Zero IQ

 

[amvbfm]

Saim’s been our best bowler, why not bowl him out here?

 

[globetrotter]

Great shot for 6 by Tilak.....Indian bombardment continues

 

[Devadwal]

But but sufiyan is better bowler than Abrar According to wannabe @mominsaigol

 

[gazza619]

Are you sindhi??

Not sindhi but learned sindhi in school. lived in Karachi for 14 years.

 

[Mesozoic]

Masterclass...lol

Who is this commentator?

 

[straighttalk]

Why are India not respecting the best bowler in the world?

Mike Hesson is a clown.

Bcos leave stats.. he ain't the best bowler

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Muqeem needs some classes from Kuldeep