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India (150/5) defeat Pakistan (146) by 5 wickets in thrilling encounter to clinch Asia Cup 2025 title

Which team will win the title of Asia Cup 2025?


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People will start shouting Babar and Riz name now but they were part of the same problem.

Our middle overs doesn't have batsmen to stick around and are hacks or too slow for T20 cricket.

You can call back Babar and Riz but you can't call them back at the expense of Haris or Saim or anyone else.

They will also stall the innings and put incredible pressure on rest of team to chase totals.

You can choose Babar and Riz for Farhan and Fakhar but it's all the same either way.
They alone scored more than 11 players on this very ground against this very team that too in WC game. Babar and Rizwan shouldn't be chosen for Fakhar and Farhan but Haris and Saim instead who have done nothing at all.
 
In this side only Farhan , Nawaz, Shaheen , Rouf , Abrar or probably Fakhar deserve to keep it place in the side. All others are just liabilities in the side
 
They would have taken 15 overs to get to 120-0 but I don't see how it would have changed the match any other way if the rest of the team collapses.

Got it.

I think it’s different though. In this innings Farhan / Fakhran have given the other batters the space (overs) to perform. Those following can get more game time, and time to improve.

In your example, the rest were left with nothing to do in five overs, and no experience to develop.
 
I have yet to see @Bhaag Viru Bhaag celebrate Indian wins but that's all you can accuse him of.

I barely celebrate Pakistan wins either.

Doesn't make me any less Pakistani.
Why lie through your teeth dude? He has hated on every single player, puts down india in every topic, celebrated terrorist attacks and lives lost and also attacks india in non cricketing stuff.

You dont believe he is indian either. No one is dumb enough to believe he is. And as I said, he is very infamous across the world.
 
T20 wins have to be taken with a pinch of salt. I think it is just for banter some Indian fans celebrate. Overall i don't think anyone cares about these wins. This is a rubbish format. I don't really care if India sucks in this format. Test is where i want India to get good at.
Yeah, ODI is also respectful. You need to be technically sound in ODI to survive, and wickets do matter and has value.

In T20, you can lose 6 wickets early and still won't matter much.

I personally think, they should combine ODI and T20 into something like T30 for one stop shop LOI format.
 
We will see blood when Shaheen takes early wickets and puts the Indians under pressure. Abhishek is due a failure and the Indian batting line up these days seems to be Abhishek or bust. We will enjoy watching the Indians crumble as mental midgets.
Hope so
Let’s see
I want to see a fiery match

But Shaheen is useless I feel.
 
They don't have the skills to match the top teams..this bunch of idiots deserve to play with lower ranked teams. There should be two tier system in cricket so make matches more interesting. And it should be reviewed after 6 months where the ranking stands
First of all why is pakistan is ultra focused on creating a perfect T20 unit lol They are spending awful lot of energy there. GUys like Saim should develop as a player in longer format before playing T20. Playing him in this hackathon set up will make him a hack as well. He has to learn to construct the innings multiple times. He has to develop muscle memory in longer formats. In T20 you play 20 balsl at the best. What the hell are you going to learn in this format. Nothing.
 
Dont even feel like trolling Pakistani team and fans today, I was overall rooting for this young team to do better. Hope with the ball they show some fight and run it close, these pitches are slow and this score can be defended
 
First 6 ovs 45/0
Next 6 ovs 62/1
Next 6 ovs 34/8

Only Pakistan can do this.

Under the past regime the last game we played against India they scored 100 runs and the ceiling was very low, there’s a foundation here at least to build on, it would be silly to go back to the past crop of players. I want to see us learn from this tournament and if they show a willingness to have an honest conversation with themselves, then that’s a positive.
 
Based on what I have seen in this Asia Cup, I think we will need to accommodate Babar and Rizwan in the middle order. I will take them any day over Agha and Talat. Atleast these two have the quality to rotate strike and put the really bad ball away. Even a technically correct batter like Abdullah Shafiq can find a way back in the T20 side.
 
Axar Patel

Over 90 kph

0/20 off 18 balls

Under 90 kph

2/6 off 6 balls



Slow spin seems more effective on this pitch.

India need to play this really well. Not sure it's going to be straightforward at all.
Nicky Bhai I hope you are right but I feel you are being cautious to not offend us.

Anyway regardless of the pitch you know these loonies will charge in and try to blast India out
 
Dont even feel like trolling Pakistani team and fans today, I was overall rooting for this young team to do better. Hope with the ball they show some fight and run it close, these pitches are slow and this score can be defended
You don't troll though ever? You're one of the most respectful posters on this forumn and aren't confrontational at all?

And minus sachin, you aren't boased about any other player. I also don't recall you attacking me even once during england vs India series.
 
Just remember SL kicked the livign daylights out of Indian bowling. Also Oman was 134/1 in 15 overs at one point. Saif played well against India too
 
Why lie through your teeth dude? He has hated on every single player, puts down india in every topic, celebrated terrorist attacks and lives lost and also attacks india in non cricketing stuff.

You dont believe he is indian either. No one is dumb enough to believe he is. And as I said, he is very infamous across the world.
Why don't you go and prove it then? What's stopping you? Go to Time Pass section and show me where did I mock Indians who got killed? :inti
 
They alone scored more than 11 players on this very ground against this very team that too in WC game. Babar and Rizwan shouldn't be chosen for Fakhar and Farhan but Haris and Saim instead who have done nothing at all.

No.

If you want 4 players in the team who are building scores you don't understand T20 cricket.
 
Dont even feel like trolling Pakistani team and fans today, I was overall rooting for this young team to do better. Hope with the ball they show some fight and run it close, these pitches are slow and this score can be defended

Tactically they were very poor today & didn’t learn from the last game, they promised more after that 170 odd against India and unfortunately lost the plot, picked the wrong guy in the middle order and again the death order hitters came too late, they’re playing against the world champions so people need to be a bit fair to and not demand their favourites return who crippled Pakistan so badly and the ceiling was too low with that team.
 
T20 wins have to be taken with a pinch of salt. I think it is just for banter some Indian fans celebrate. Overall i don't think anyone cares about these wins. This is a rubbish format. I don't really care if India sucks in this format. Test is where i want India to get good at.
While i would generally agree with Test wins>>>>> T20wins, just in the context of the political shenanigans from the start of this tournament, it would have been very embarrassing to lose this match.
 
Nicky Bhai I hope you are right but I feel you are being cautious to not offend us.

Anyway regardless of the pitch you know these loonies will charge in and try to blast India out
No grass on this pitch as Shastri kept mentioning.

So it should turn more in the 2nd half.

India are 75:25 favourites but PAK should make this competitive if they can bowl with enough pace variation
 
People will start shouting Babar and Riz name now but they were part of the same problem.

Our middle overs doesn't have batsmen to stick around and are hacks or too slow for T20 cricket.

You can call back Babar and Riz but you can't call them back at the expense of Haris or Saim or anyone else.

They will also stall the innings and put incredible pressure on rest of team to chase totals.

You can choose Babar and Riz for Farhan and Fakhar but it's all the same either way.
Babar is a stabilizer at one down. You don’t need to drop any of the names mentioned above to accommodate Babar. He can bat at 3. Even today you needed someone to bat deep with hitters (and we don’t have any of them). Fakhar was trying to do that but he is too scratchy these days. Rizwan is not ideal for T20s but there is 0 comparison with Haris whose batting is 0 so he becomes the default choice until you find someone more suited to take the gloves in T20s. Also today was another demonstration of how big runs aren’t made by intent alone but require skill and ability.
 
Babar is a stabilizer at one down. You don’t need to drop any of the names mentioned above to accommodate Babar. He can bat at 3. Even today you needed someone to bat deep with hitters (and we don’t have any of them). Fakhar was trying to do that but he is too scratchy these days. Rizwan is not ideal for T20s but there is 0 comparison with Haris whose batting is 0 so he becomes the default choice until you find someone more suited to take the gloves in T20s. Also today was another demonstration of how big runs aren’t made by intent alone but require skill and ability.

Even if babar is recalled, he will not come as this Indian side is in full form, very different from Ro-Ko team
 
T20 wins have to be taken with a pinch of salt. I think it is just for banter some Indian fans celebrate. Overall i don't think anyone cares about these wins. This is a rubbish format. I don't really care if India sucks in this format. Test is where i want India to get good at.
Times have changed

Tests and t20 matters the most

You know what doesn’t matter at all?

The tournament that Australia usually wins. Odi

It’s been declining for aeons now. Worthless competition.
 
That collapse has sapped the confidence and energy from the team. You can tell from everyone's body language that this match is lost already
 
Atleast with the pak bowling we can feel some confidence. The batting left such a bad taste in the mouth that i am not even sure whether to celebrate this wicekt or what.
 
No grass on this pitch as Shastri kept mentioning.

So it should turn more in the 2nd half.

India are 75:25 favourites but PAK should make this competitive if they can bowl with enough pace variation
Pace variation (slower ball) gets Abhishek. This is a tough pitch. India have to find ways to rotate strike and play risk free cricket.
 
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