New Zealand (320/5) defeat Pakistan (260) comfortably by 60 runs to clinch triumph in the inaugural match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025

[adi_62941]

Babar is so mean and selfish

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

baji commentator is trying to scare babar fanboys

 

[kron]

What's Babars plan here?

Stat pad
Stat padder
Stat padding as always

Useless guy
Dump him

 

[Justcrazy]

This is the issue with Pakistan when they chase , they let the required rate go so high , it becomes impossible fir latter batters to get that

 

[mominsaigol]

Why Babar doesn’t want to hit?

D9esnt want to get out.

Wants a century and his fans to delusionally do a bhrangra

 

[Energy]

Conway has dropped that on purpose. Lol.

 

[Mockingbird]

3.4 run rate around 20 overs chasing 320! Oh man - What are these guys scared of? They should hit or get out trying!

 

[JattMaula]

Why do Pakistani batters always make it so hard for themselves to chase these kind of totals by batting super slow in initial overs.

Few times they nailed it with this approach but god damn it this approach drives your anxiety levels through the roof!

I think tempo instructions come from management.

 

[Itachi]

Very mature batting

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Pakistan cricket is finished once Fakhar retires.

 

[Rana]

Bad drop or good drop for NZ?

Fakhar eating up lots of dots and raising required rate

 

[Devadwal]

Conway dropped the catch.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Doesn't account for two trundlers conceding 60+ but there we are

 

[Justcrazy]

Too many dot balls is hurting Pakistan again and again , I do not understand why they cannot get singles.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Fakhar got a lifeline here.

Wow that was close.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Cause they are professional
They are fit

Look at the physique of Glenn phillips

He does 800 pushups apparently day which I call bs

The way I do push ups I can guarantee no one is doing past 200

Proper push ups is extremely hard. Going all the way down and up. Not half effort push ups by flaring out elbows and doing lightning fast push ups.

Try clap push ups and explosive push ups it’s even harder

And then there is weighted push ups

Obviously Glenn works out hard. He is super fit

But no way he does that many.

This post went from appreciation of NZ cricket to push up techniques pretty rapidly I must say

 

[JattMaula]

Conway dropped the trophy!

 

[shaz619]

What's Babars plan here?

He is carrying an injury to, but it’s down below, he’s missing a couple of cricket balls

 

[sweep_shot]

Fakhar should've been sent. He is injured. He can't run properly today.

Pakistan are missing out on quick runs.

 

[Itachi]

3.4 run rate around 20 overs chasing 320! Oh man - What are these guys scared of? They should hit or get out trying!

Saving NRR

 

[gazza619]

Fakhar looks uninterested

 

[Devadwal]

Too many dot balls is hurting Pakistan again and again , I do not understand why they cannot get singles.

Fakhar is injured so can't take risky singles

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

can Fakhar do maxwell?

 

[Rana]

Pakistan cricket is finished once Fakhar retires.

The last of the stars

But Saim Ayub is the new hope

 

[Energy]

Have seen handicap matches in WWE. Seeing a first one in cricket.

Pakistan and the theatrics. Cornered tigers. Forever heroes. But zeroes where it matters.

 

[JattMaula]

Fakhar looks uninterested

He looks cool headed.

 

[sweep_shot]

Conway had it covered. He spilled it at the last minute.

 

[Itachi]

Conway dropped the trophy.

 

[Rana]

255 in 180 balls needed

 

[shortbread]

What were the curators thinking of, terrible pitch. Got slower so quickly.

 

[Alter_Ego]

Fakhar is making it worst. Should get off and let others try.

 

[neonoir]

Has Conway done a Younis in 2009 in the same fixture

 

[Shafikapeo]

Babar is so mean and selfish

He is Pakistani version of our KL Rahul with some better stats

 

[Mohraheem]

He dropped the catch!!!!

 

[Asad T]

Hayden: The floodlights in Karachi are low, which means if the ball is skied, you lose any sense of depth perception of where the ball is.

interesting

 

[jnaveen1980]

Art of statpadding - Babar

 

[batandballbattle]

Stroke of luck for Fakhar, he battles on with one leg

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan always fail to rotate strike , no amount of coaching have helped resolve this issue.

 

[sweep_shot]

Santner hasn't even come on to bowl yet. Two part-timers are doing the job.

 

[Marooned]

Conway had it covered. He spilled it at the last minute.

Looked deliberate to me.

 

[JattMaula]

255 in 180 balls needed

Not impossible. Fakhar needs to play 90 more balls.

 

[Justcrazy]

After 20 overs you are sitting at 69 , chasing 320 !!!

 

[Fazzy321]

Why Babar doesn’t want to hit?

He is aiming for his well fought century

 

[Rana]

Torturous innings

Fakhar should have gone off when the physio came on

 

[Mockingbird]

And now he gets out!

 

[Marooned]

What were the curators thinking of, terrible pitch. Got slower so quickly.

Who asked them to bowl 1st?

 

[hafizexpress]

It's hard for Babar to bat today. He's a strike rotator. He likes to find gaps and constantly run but is obviously handicapped right now with Fakhar's injury. At least he's still out there

 

[JattMaula]

Not impossible. Fakhar needs to play 90 more balls.

My bad.

 

[PakFan2010]

These clowns are playing for the run rate.

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Pakistan lose third , lack of rotation gets another one.

 

[Greenstorm]

150-2/3 after 30

 

[sweep_shot]

Bracewell gets Fakhar.

 

[m.shah]

Fakhar gone . Good riddance. He shouldn't have come out to bat with that fitness

 

[hafizexpress]

Pakistan always fail to rotate strike , no amount of coaching have helped resolve this issue.

Fakhar can't run

 

[PakFan2010]

Keep chanting "Fauji"...

Deluded idiots.

 

[dravidthewall]

Finally torture end

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rest of the batsmen just have to carry the momentum.

 

[Rana]

@Rana your friend where is your friend @Major . He is hiding after The Rizwan wicket

Looking for some pics of half dressed women to make comedy the next time Pakistan are doing well

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

One more post with this emoji and no insights - good going BVB!

Aagaya rondu

 

[batandballbattle]

Fakhar gone, he battled through the pain but couldn't get going in the end

 

[m.shah]

Stat pad
Stat padder
Stat padding as always

Useless guy
Dump him

He is gutless. So meak

 

[Justcrazy]

With this attitude , Pakistan will struggle against Bangladesh as well. If BD get 280 , I do not see this batting unit chase that.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Well CT dream is over start planning for 2026 T20 WC lads

 

[Sher Khan]

In my honest opinion, Pakistan should not worry about this target from this stage. But Babar need to score a century today.

The fans have been coming out in flocks to see him perform and he has let them down so far. Today he needs to score a ton for them.

 

[sweep_shot]

Agha is at the crease. Should've come in ahead of Fakhar.

 

[Itachi]

Babar is the one true hope

The legend, the wall, the lone soldier

 

[Dr_Bassim]

@heddie19 will scream gleefully as Babar scores his century and Pakistan loses the match.

He will also add that to his list of useless Babar scores when asked about matches where Babar performed.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Who asked them to bowl 1st?

They though they would pull off another "350 plus chase"

 

[Greenstorm]

Salman can become a star here.

 

[PakPremi]

They should had batted Fakhar even later if he was not fit enough, Pakistan lost some doubles because he could not run.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Babar is the one true hope

The legend, the wall, the lone soldier

Man, Myth the legend. After MSD it is Babar.

 

[mominsaigol]

@Major @daytrader

This is why I told you why babar and rizwan are not the 2 best pakistani odi batters to ever exist.

They have zero impact, infact even though fakhar is injured and isn't using his feet much, he's still considered more dangerous for NZ then these 2 are.

Ignoring the fact that rizzu despite playing in a very easy era can only accumulate against opposition if the bowling is utter rubbish (C side Aus, Sri Lanka and c string sa attack)

Babar has zero impact. Let's say he gets a century today. Whats the point? He has no excuse to accumulate and tuk tuk.

It's why I called him a bootleg yousaf. Yousaf couldn't kick off in tournaments, but in odi bi laterals againat full strength teams and test he was class.

And saeed Anwar + ijaz ahmed was a proper minnows bashers while babar and rizwan can only accumulate against minnows.

Stats only matter in test cricket where your avg across countries defines who you are as a batter. In this age? Odi stats are irrelevant.

 

[daytrader]

Fakhar gone, he battled through the pain but couldn't get going in the end

Ran a double and a single in that over. Just when he was getting used to the pain

 

[khyberlion]

Well CT dream is over start planning for 2026 T20 WC lads

Agreed get rid of the rubbish before that and getting rizwan in t20s will be a start.

 

[Rana]

Bracewell top pick by Multan Sultans

But they would have got him anyways in the supplementary

They needed a proper opener to get rid of their fraud opener Rizwan

 

[Devadwal]

Santner yet to comes for bowling

 

[Fazzy321]

Ye ch**ya bracewell kahen ko ukhar raha hai. Getting out an injured player

 

[TeymurBlake]

Just started to tune in. WOW this is pathetic.

Truly embarrassing from Pakistan. Again & again the same issue dot balls.

 

[Justcrazy]

The required rate is already too high , very poor batting.

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

This version of Babar isn't half the player that Yousuf was no matter what the numbers say. Cannot play spin, can't play bounce, can't play swing, cannot accelerate, & just doesn't have any crease presence.

NZ were saving Santner till Fakhar got out & that's what he did. They don't even practice reverse paddles, reverse sweeps, or anything else. Every single player has one shot, hoick to the leg side.

This Ceasers circus is devoid of good clowns.