Pakistan (135/8) defeat Bangladesh (124/9) by 11 runs in a nail-biting encounter of the virtual semi-final of the Asia Cup 2025

[hassan918]

Same playing 11 for Pakistan. This team is carrying too many accumulators and our of form players..Agha and Talat are accumulators, while Saim and Haris are non reliable. Bangladesh should have bat first put decent Total on the board. This pakistan team can crumble under pressure. They made a mistake imo

Haris will be surely dropped after this Asia Cup unless he play an extraordinary innings today or maybe in the Final.

 

[sweep_shot]

Advantage Bangladesh

Good toss to win.

Chasing teams generally win in Dubai. Let's see if BD can continue that tradition.

 

[Local.Dada]

Pak gets 180+ - curtains for Bangladesh
160- 180 Pak favs, Bangladesh outside chance
140-160-Pak ahead but Bangladesh has a shot
120-140- Bangladesh the slight favs but need to play with brains.

Anything below that I don’t think even Bangladesh team is that incompetent on this pitch.

 

[hassan918]

Looks like Litton is not playing. Sick or injured maybe.

He must be injured, too good player in this Bangladesh squad to be dropped.

 

[Local.Dada]

He must be injured, too good player in this Bangladesh squad to be dropped.

Hamstring strain.

 

[castortroy]

Good toss to win.

Chasing teams generally win in Dubai. Let's see if BD can continue that tradition.

T20 have become a farce in dubai. Win the toss and you effectively win the match

 

[sweep_shot]

He must be injured, too good player in this Bangladesh squad to be dropped.

Yeah. I thought he would be okay for today's game. Turns out he couldn't recover.

 

[sweep_shot]

T20 have become a farce in dubai. Win the toss and you effectively win the match

Yes. UAE pitches are often like this. Toss is important.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Such a feminine anthem. Let's destroy them.

 

[ads101]

No we lost the toss.

I think something on the board and Bangladesh can’t bat too well. None of the Asia cup teams apart from India have strong batting.

170 should be enough.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

220 hopefully if not 180 minimum win by 50 runs +

 

[sweep_shot]

BD should shorten that anthem for sporting events. Why so long?

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bangladesh batting is light weight. How will they chase anything over 130

 

[globetrotter]

BD should shorten that anthem for sporting events. Why so long?

Also, go back to the orchestra one maybe. This one sounds classical Indian.

Pls complain to pycroft, he may fine them

 

[Local.Dada]

T20 have become a farce in dubai. Win the toss and you effectively win the match

Not so much dew this time like that WT20 in 2021. T20 or odi format now usually does favor the chasing team. Those days are gone where team would score 200 in off or 160 in T20 and feel like food enough to win the match. Pak get a good score their bowling should be able to defend it even more so against Bangladesh

 

[sweep_shot]

Such a feminine anthem. Let's destroy them.

Orchestra one is not feminine. This one is a bit feminine. I agree.

Anyway, I am not too fussy about anthems. I only listen to nasheed. I avoid music including anthems. I mute my sound when anthem is played (including BD anthem).

 

[castortroy]

What happened to the good old tri series tournament.

India, Australia and England tri series would be great to watch

 

[Local.Dada]

Bangladesh batting is light weight. How will they chase anything over 130

Both Pak and Bangla have tendency to choke. They should never chase in knockout games.

 

[GlobalCric]

Bangladesh batting is light weight. How will they chase anything over 130

In T20, only one batsman needed for a winning matches....anyone can change the outcome or do unimaginable on their day...

 

[cricfan432]

pitch will be slow after 10 overs, capitalize starting overs

 

[RidiculousMan]

Anyway, I am not too fussy about anthems. I only listen to nasheed. I avoid music including anthems. I mute my sound when anthem is played (including BD anthem).

Religious reasons?

 

[sweep_shot]

What happened to the good old tri series tournament.

India, Australia and England tri series would be great to watch

India, AUS, and South Africa would be a heavyweight tri-series.

Not sure about England. They declined.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

May the best team win and our Bangla brothers appear to be that...but let's see

 

[LongHorn]

BD should shorten that anthem for sporting events. Why so long?

The japanese philharmonic orchestra sounds best for BD sporting events, they have a version now which is better sung at botmul for pahela boishakh by a group of Arts Dept DU students

 

[sweep_shot]

Religious reasons?

Yes.

I went from listening to music all day to completely avoiding music. I only listen to nasheeds nowadays (that too without certain musical instruments).

 

[pillionrider]

Crowd seems to be majority Bangladeshi.

Pakistani fans prefer to cheer on PP?

 

[Devadwal]

I just hope both teams lose

 

[sweep_shot]

The japanese philharmonic orchestra sounds best for BD sporting events, they have a version now which is better sung at botmul for pahela boishakh by a group of Arts Dept DU students

I see.

Yeah. Orchestra one sounds better. This one feels boring.

Anyway, I don't care either way as I don't listen to music. But, they should make it sound better I guess.

 

[Hellion]

Both Pak and Bangla have tendency to choke. They should never chase in knockout games.

PAK choked while batting first against USA

 

[LongHorn]

Crowd seems to be majority Bangladeshi.

Pakistani fans prefer to cheer on PP?

Reminds me when we attended pak vs BD in abu dhabi for asia cup semi final in 2018, iirc that was also september 25th (!)
BD fans were majority though plenty of Pakistanis live in abu dhabi

 

[Devadwal]

3 more runs please. I want 7 runs in 1st over

 

[RidiculousMan]

Farhan is one player whose position is not tinkered with in this Salman-Hesson era and he's the most comfortable one

 

[boomboomcheema]

Dismissed, Good start BD.

 

[castortroy]

What a pathetic shot

 

[imshally81]

Gone

 

[globetrotter]

I just hope both teams lose

Both teams will try their best to loose this game as they don't want to face India in Final

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Farhan gone

 

[Devadwal]

Farhan gone. No gun celebration? Lol

 

[sweep_shot]

Reminds me when we attended pak vs BD in abu dhabi for asia cup semi final in 2018, iirc that was also september 25th (!)
BD fans were majority though plenty of Pakistanis live in abu dhabi

Lots of Bangladeshis in UAE. My grandfather used to work in Dubai as a food insptector.

I also have another relative in Sharjah.

You live in UAE. Correct?

 

[Champ_Pal]

Looks like a beautiful pitch to bat.

 

[Ali Active]

He is coming back regardless

So is Rizwan.

The ploy to target players on a match to match basis has worked!


It was never about the team for those people, it’s always individuals for them!

who are they gonna drop lol
Agha is droppable from this team
where is babar gonna play at no 4 does he have the game even?

 

[OldWarHorse]

Expecting big things from Saim

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Sahibzada got out because he heard the news of Babar making a comeback.

 

[ads101]

Farhan looks like our best batsman out there. But he keeps throwing his wicket away for cheap.

 

[sweep_shot]

Farhan is out.

4/1.

 

[Hellion]

Sahibzada gone. Stage is ripe for RizBar return

 

[JaDed]

Why did Agha want to bat first?

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Pak gets 180+ - curtains for Bangladesh
160- 180 Pak favs, Bangladesh outside chance
140-160-Pak ahead but Bangladesh has a shot
120-140- Bangladesh the slight favs but need to play with brains.

Anything below that I don’t think even Bangladesh team is that incompetent on this pitch.

I don't see us making 180

 

[Ali Active]

Saim needs a big one today he is due

 

[prash88]

Saim Ayub day?

 

[pillionrider]

OUT

Reminds me when we attended pak vs BD in abu dhabi for asia cup semi final in 2018, iirc that was also september 25th (!)
BD fans were majority though plenty of Pakistanis live in abu dhabi

This is something I've generally been disappointed about Pak fans. And I mean this genuinely, not trying to pick on them. For years have noticed, anywhere around the world, they have the lowest attendance among Asian fans. Which is surprising since they genuinely seem to be passionate about the game.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Farhan gone. No gun celebration? Lol

He was holding the bat the wrong way during his celebrations. So he shot himself.

 

[Ali Active]

I don't see us making 180

175 my predictions

 

[sweep_shot]

Why did Agha want to bat first?

BD won the toss. They decided to field first.

 

[sweep_shot]

PAK - 4/1 (1 over).

BD need to keep it tight. So far so good.

 

[hur rizvi]

Big advantage Bangladesh with Farhan gone

 

[boomboomcheema]

It all pointing towards a BD victory, first the loss of all important toss and now the in-form opener.

 

[JaDed]

BD won the toss. They decided to field first.

Yeah but Agha said he wanted to bat first as well..

 

[Hellion]

Two left handers and offspinner brought in

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pakistan should see off the initial 2 or 3 overs without much risk. Ball will stop swinging quickly and it will be a good wicket to play your shots.

 

[Hikaru]

Come on brothers, Parat ko feynal mein harana hai

 

[hur rizvi]

Saim the walking wicket to depart soon

 

[globetrotter]

Fakhar living dangerously what hez doing

 

[JaDed]

Pak are feeling the pressure of the game.

 

[ads101]

Bangladesh are going to be the ones under pressure. Don’t think they’ve won a tournament yet. And people expect things of them now, they’re not treated like a minnow. So pretty confident we’ll see this out.

 

[Hellion]

Saim Ayub gone.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Saim gone too

 

[Ali Active]

Saim is woefully out of form

 

[hur rizvi]

Another duck

 

[globetrotter]

Saim gone... 4th duck
Bangladesh all over

 

[Devadwal]

Saim tullebaaz gone

 

[sweep_shot]

Need to get Fakhar out quickly.

 

[JaDed]

Saim has been a massive disappointment, too much hype by Pakistani posters

 

[imshally81]

Saim gone

 

[PakPremi]

As I said gift to opposition selecting Saim.

 

[prash88]

Saim Ayub day?

Gone too soon

 

[Asif321]

I really want to throw this phone on my tv screen . Why the hell you keep playing this crap totally unacceptable

 

[hur rizvi]

Ban vs india

 

[pillionrider]

Damn Saim WTH man

 

[sweep_shot]

Saim is out.

Pakistan - 5/2.