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

[boomboomcheema]

another dismissal :FACEPALM:

 

[Hellion]

I thought Saim Ayub was the Next PAK hope. Questionable.

 

[hassan918]

Pakistan on the back foot with these two early wickets. Fakhar needs to play a good innings here, otherwise Pakistan would be struggling to get even to 150.

 

[ads101]

Saim that is literally insane. How?

 

[LongHorn]

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?

Lived 30+ years there, now am in the US

 

[RidiculousMan]

A spinner should never be batting at no. 3

 

[Champ_Pal]

Baccha Saim gone.

Terrible shot. A weak attempt to hit out of poor form.

 

[hur rizvi]

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

Your phone and tv are more valuable than crap saim

 

[U$ofA]

Can we now call the Saim Ayub experiment has officially ended?

There is no way he should continue in the team.

 

[Nasty Naz]

lol Saim... a team full of clowns.

Another mental midget player.

 

[Hikaru]

Bangladeshis must be shocked at the decline in difficulty level facing this top-order. Too easy.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Saim that is literally insane. How?

He's the one that has been out of form since injury. But they end up dropping Hassan. Hilarious

 

[pillionrider]

Farhan gone. No gun celebration? Lol

Still recovering from celebration injury last game when he shot himself

 

[sweep_shot]

Lived 30+ years there, now am in the US

I see. Nice.

I want to move to USA or Middle East. Canada declined.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

No worries 150 is enough anyway

 

[ads101]

Good captain sent himself in. Other times he’s promoted others in this sort of situation. This is his job for his type of player.

 

[Asif321]

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

Haven’t seen anyone so crap tbh . What kinda talent is this who puts team under tremendous pressure

 

[Champ_Pal]

Got to feel for Ayub.

Pakistan should not give up on him. He could be the next Hafeez. An opening batsman who can also open the bowling.

 

[JaDed]

PCT can’t handle pressure.. unless Fakhar does something BD can chase it

 

[shah9425]

Chewing gum clown is here to play test knock

 

[DeadlyVenom]

oh saim yaar, we defend you day and night bro at least score 1 run, he has opened a duck farm

 

[sweep_shot]

PAK - 5/2 (2 overs).

BD should keep the pressure on. Need to get Fakhar out.

 

[jnaveen1980]

He has played 46 matches. That is more than one fourth of how many T20s rohit played. You guys still believe he is fit for this format. For heavensake

 

[mango_bite77]

4th duck for Saim in last 5 games I guess. Should go back to domestic and get his form back.

 

[chinaman00]

Saim Ayub has become a duck collector.

Pakistan will rue not playing Hasan Nawaz today. Talat will not score any useful runs and Pakistan might be knocked out in this virtual semi final.

 

[Asif321]

Can we now call the Saim Ayub experiment has officially ended?

There is no way he should continue in the team.

The golden boy treatment should have already stopped after first game vs India . Firstly it’s waste of space and then he bats at important position and then he puts team in massive pressure by this

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pakistan should look to score around 140. That should be enough to put BD under pressure. We have seen how poor BD batting was yesterday.

 

[m.shah]

Pakistan be like aj hi harte h India ko 3-0 nai karne dege Positive count hoga

 

[JaDed]

Haven’t seen anyone so crap tbh . What kinda talent is this who puts team under tremendous pressure

It feels like he is massively our of form or checked out mentally.. nothing shots this tournament

 

[Savak]

Got to feel for Ayub.

Pakistan should not give up on him. He could be the next Hafeez. An opening batsman who can also open the bowling.

Players need to be held accountable. He's been given way to many chances thab he's deserved

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

oh saim yaar, we defend you day and night bro at least score 1 run, he has opened a duck farm

Wasted his time trying to become a spinner.

 

[hassan918]

175 my predictions

What is your prediction now?

 

[Devadwal]

Get Fakhar in next 2 over and game over for Pakistan

PAK - 5/2 (2 overs).

BD should keep the pressure on. Need to get Fakhar out.

 

[Nasty Naz]

It truly astonishes me how quickly and often they lose wickets within the power play. Their PP scoring is still mediocre and yet they're always just falling apart like a house of cards.

It's simply an extremely poor and disappointing group.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Don't worry. Talat will rescue with 30 off 30

 

[Asif321]

Saim Ayub has become a duck collector.

Pakistan will rue not playing Hasan Nawaz today. Talat will not score any useful runs and Pakistan might be knocked out in this virtual semi final.

Saim has more ducks than Afridi in his entire career. How worst can you get

 

[pillionrider]

Got to feel for Ayub.

Pakistan should not give up on him. He could be the next Hafeez. An opening batsman who can also open the bowling.

Yeah. I like him too. Haven't watched any live game of his apart from this Asia Cup. But there's something about him.

 

[Hikaru]

I'll sponsor 3 Bangladeshi tshirts for my favorite Pakistani posters for the final.

 

[hur rizvi]

What is your prediction now?

75

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pakistan should send their best batsman Mo Nawaz if a wicket falls here.

 

[RidiculousMan]

It truly astonishes me how quickly and often they lose wickets within the power play. Their PP scoring is still mediocre and yet they're always just falling apart like a house of cards.

It's simply an extremely poor and disappointing group.

Saim has been out of form since comeback and the one who does score (Haris) is not playing up top

 

[JaDed]

If Fakhar can’t play his natural game it will be an issue as well

 

[OldWarHorse]

A captain with 111 strike rate is a fearsome prospect

 

[Ali Active]

What is your prediction now?

175

 

[ads101]

He's the one that has been out of form since injury. But they end up dropping Hassan. Hilarious

Yeah you’re right. The issue with dropping Saim is because he is our biggest talent and he gives us utility with the ball.

I still would have erred on playing both and not including Talat before last match. But now yeah probably Saim was the right guy to make way.

 

[Asif321]

It feels like he is massively our of form or checked out mentally.. nothing shots this tournament

Bhai it’s unfair to other players . I haven’t seen anyone in Pakistan get this backing for doing absolute nothing. That is problem with Pakistan they hype players to such extent by few innings and how beautiful their shots look .

 

[sweep_shot]

Someone was saying Pakistan should target 220+. LOL.

This is not a 200+ pitch. It is also a huge ground.

Even India may not be able to score 220+ here.

I think 165-170 is par here.

 

[mango_bite77]

5-2 in 2.4

Modern Cricket

 

[Champ_Pal]

Players need to be held accountable. He's been given way to many chances thab he's deserved

He is contributing with the ball at least.

 

[Imran Hasan]

Need to get Fakhars wicket here.

 

[castortroy]

Saim gone... 4th duck
Bangladesh all over

How is he still being selected?

 

[hur rizvi]

Silver lining- we don’t get phainta from India on Sunday

 

[mango_bite77]

Someone was saying Pakistan should target 220+. LOL.

This is not a 200+ pitch. It is also a huge ground. BD's bowling isn't that bad

Moreover their fielding. They have been superb in yesterday's match in field.

 

[prash88]

4th duck for Saim in last 5 games I guess. Should go back to domestic and get his form back.

He is not far off from beating Shahid Afridi's career duck record. That's bad record to beat for an aspiring top order player.

 

[Savak]

Lol we were expecting Saim to be our Abhishek. He needs to be dropped from the T20 team

 

[hur rizvi]

How is he still being selected?

Hesson has a thing for bits and pieces players

 

[Hellion]

Lucky Fakhar

 

[JaDed]

Luck like that can help as well

 

[jnaveen1980]

Team intent is taking intent to next level lol so far a fluke 4

 

[sweep_shot]

Edgy four from Fakhar. Inside edge.

Good bowling from Taskin so far. Kept it tight.

 

[globetrotter]

9-2 in 3 overs... Pakistan playing test cricket

 

[Champ_Pal]

Yeah. I like him too. Haven't watched any live game of his apart from this Asia Cup. But there's something about him.

Needs to put on a bit of muscle and bulk. He has the talent to play his shots all around the wicket. He is under too much pressure.

 

[Ali Active]

Agha needs to step up today

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Bowling wicket. 140 could be a winning total

 

[ads101]

Fakhar just needs to stay in. Dont care about his sr early on.

 

[mominsaigol]

The day the jinx breaks

Kyu mujh pei ameed lagtai ho bhai.

I sealed everyone's hopes and dreams. Now all of PP will hate me forever. Funny enough even though indian posters dont like me, they will now worship my jinx forever.

 

[sweep_shot]

PAK - 9/2 (3 overs).

 

[amvbfm]

What’s the point of batting first when your top order is totally out of form. Under Hesson Pakistan have developed an obsession of batting first after winning the toss regardless of conditions, opposition and strengths and weaknesses.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I am a fan of Taskin. Nice job dude

 

[PakPremi]

No worries 150 is enough anyway

Who will get 150, Nawaz will not always be able to pull out the team. Agha and Haris need to do something today.

 

[pillionrider]

Fakhar is wasting the pace overs which he is good against, trying to be a slogger. He's better than that.

 

[Champ_Pal]

What the heck is Fakhar doing? Blind slogging.

 

[cricketfan24]

Don't understand all the hype around saim ayub

 

[Hikaru]

This is sad.

#BringBackBabar

 

[hur rizvi]

Agha should be dropped from pct asap

 

[RidiculousMan]

Yeah you’re right. The issue with dropping Saim is because he is our biggest talent and he gives us utility with the ball.

I still would have erred on playing both and not including Talat before last match. But now yeah probably Saim was the right guy to make way.

There's no issue.

I said it before today. Is he playing as a batter or a bowler? If he's playing as a bowler then he should be replacing a bowler.

 

[mango_bite77]

He is not far off from beating Shahid Afridi's career duck record. That's bad record to beat for an aspiring top order player.

Not able to judge the slowness of the pitch in UAE. Should go back to domestic and work on his weaknesses.

 

[Imran Hasan]

Sohan is probably a better keeper than Zaker Ali but why team management didn't interfere with Zakers decision

 

[Champ_Pal]

Must say BD bowling and fielding are top class in this tournament.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Saim Ayub has become a duck collector.

Pakistan will rue not playing Hasan Nawaz today. Talat will not score any useful runs and Pakistan might be knocked out in this virtual semi final.

its better to be knocked out today. BD might give India competition . Pak with these clowns will never