India (60/1) defeat UAE (57) empathically by 9 wickets in a one-sided encounter in Asia Cup 2025

[pratiktc]

The one player who is missing from the Indian line-up and who really deserves to be there is Shreyas Iyer.

The competition for spots in the Indian T20 team is crazy. Iyer would walk into the playing XI of most teams based on current form.

Bang on.
The funny part is Iyer could walk into any side playing in Asia Cup (including) and captain it as well.

 

[nish_mate]

Pandyas new look is cringe, however not as cringe, chavvy and trashy as this look....

I guess it's all relative

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

It’s funny how Rizwan fans have an issue with Abhishek’s batting

I like batsmen who bat till the end and put a prize on their wicket

 

[Rana]

I like batsmen who bat till the end and put a prize on their wicket

This is Test cricket? You only have 120 balls as a team. 36 of them are when you can only have 2 fielders outside of the circle. What good is putting a price on your wicket if your team is falling behind?

 

[Greenstorm]

I like batsmen who bat till the end and put a prize on their wicket

Unfortunately our ex cricketers think the same. Aamir Sohail and Salman Butt were criticizing Farhan to go after the opposition during first over which is actually his role. Wasim Akram today was going gaga over A Sharma today; 'I haven't seen anything like this' when Afridi and Gayle were doing the same in longer formats 20 years ago. Some people are still stuck in 90s.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Unfortunately our ex cricketers think the same. Aamir Sohail and Salman Butt were criticizing Farhan to go after the opposition during first over which is actually his role. Wasim Akram today was going gaga over A Sharma today; 'I haven't seen anything like this' when Afridi and Gayle were doing the same in longer formats 20 years ago. Some people are still stuck in 90s.

Among the openers with 10 plus matches or more Abhishek has the highest strike rate in T20 history

 

[Obaidd]

This is Test cricket? You only have 120 balls as a team. 36 of them are when you can only have 2 fielders outside of the circle. What good is putting a price on your wicket if your team is falling behind?

That’s an interesting point about just having 36 balls with 2 fielders outside.

Batting first is there a team, international or franchise, that you think sets the template on how to approach powerplay in t20?

 

[Greenstorm]

Among the openers with 10 plus matches or more Abhishek has the highest strike rate in T20 history

Good but what does this have to do with my post ?

 

[sweep_shot]

Good but what does this have to do with my post ?

Just Indian being Indian. LOL.

They bring up random stuff which have nothing to do with the thread.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Good but what does this have to do with my post ?

Ya.. he is probably referring to batting with high strike rate. He did talk about it elaborately.

 

[sweep_shot]

Pandyas new look is cringe, however not as cringe, chavvy and trashy as this look....

I guess it's all relative

If any Bangladeshi has blonde hair, I would also call that out. I call out Taskin's past blonde hair. Anyway, he has black hair now.

That's the difference between you Indians and us normal people. We are not blind nationalists. We don't jump around like monkeys if our country/countrymen get criticized. We know how to take criticism. You should learn from us.

 

[Greenstorm]

Ya.. he is probably referring to batting with high strike rate. He did talk about it elaborately.

What ?

 

[Greenstorm]

Just Indian being Indian. LOL.

They bring up random stuff which have nothing to do with the thread.

These Indians have this impulse of 'defending honour' of their players when on one is even attacking them.

They appear so desperate for Pakistanis to praise their players that they keep sneaking in random stats to boast how mahaan bhartiya players are.

 

[sweep_shot]

These Indians have this impulse of 'defending honour' of their players when on one is even attacking them.

They appear so desperate for Pakistanis to praise their players that they keep sneaking in random stats to boast how mahaan bhartiya players are.

They expect everyone to praise India 24/7 (that too on a non-Indian platform). Pretty high entitlement.

They live in a cuckoo land.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Waise I didn’t see this halla gulla when Pakistan bowled out the second best team in Asia for just 9 runs more than this in a final

 

[TexasRattlesnake]

Waise I didn’t see this halla gulla when Pakistan bowled out the second best team in Asia for just 9 runs more than this in a final

Pitch was also different.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Pitch was also different.

Regardless, the second best Asian side should be expected to score a bit more than 66?

UAE is getting destroyed by Indian media right now and mocked across the board. They are actual minnows, and coming up against the best T20 side in the world.

But Afghanistan’s humiliation has been ignored completely, maybe because Pakistan was the one who inflicted it?

 

[TexasRattlesnake]

Regardless, the second best Asian side should be expected to score a bit more than 66?

UAE is getting destroyed by Indian media right now and mocked across the board. They are actual minnows, and coming up against the best T20 side in the world.

But Afghanistan’s humiliation has been ignored completely, maybe because Pakistan was the one who inflicted it?

Afghanistan has only one way to win. When they don't get it, they don't win.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Afghanistan has only one way to win. When they don't get it, they don't win.

Sure, but ignoring Afghanistan’s humiliating display while absolutely murdering UAE and questioning their place in this Asia Cup?

It’s not the first time an associate has been decimated this way. Pakistan beat Hong Kong by 155 runs in 2022, but you didn’t see our media run their mouths like this.

It’s downright disrespectful, UAE boys were doing their best out there. You don’t have to insult their presence in this tournament just to prove India is a brilliant team.