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

[RyanRyan10]

Luckiest tentury ever


Shaheen finally succeeds in getting out

 

[globetrotter]

71 for 6 ... will pak cross 100?

 

[pillionrider]

Eagle has been trying to land for 10 minutes. Finally

 

[Energy]

A cameo from Nawaz and Faheem will take the score past 120.

 

[sweep_shot]

Shaheen is out. Big wicket.

Needed that.

PAK - 71/6.

They are checking for a no-ball.

Not a no-ball.

Shaheen is out.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Given its BD Pakistan can defend 100 runs !!

 

[m.shah]

Unless Pakistan stops with this nonsense of fake allrounders, this team will go from bad to worse. Half the team are fake allrounders who can neither bowl nor bat. Afridi quit taking bowing serious and promotes himself one down in domestic matches, Saim Ayub has been allowed to open the bowling. Complete lunacy.

Play specialist players and perhaps 1-2 allrounders. You can’t play fake allrounders and expect to win at an elite level. No wonder this team loses to USA, Canada and others. It’s a legit minnow.

Pakistan is minnow level team. Least talented country

 

[Asif321]

Wasim Jnr didn’t play a single game . A player like him should have played I feel .

 

[sweep_shot]

Need to get M Nawaz and Haris out quickly.

PAK - 71/6 (13.3 overs).

 

[ads101]

We’ve still got batting left with Nawaz, Haris and faheem. Try to get 130 now.

 

[BlackstoneRock]

so turnout Bangladesh is no2 Asian team then .. and if they beat Ind in final could be even interesting

 

[m.shah]

Given its BD Pakistan can defend 100 runs !!

They deserve to play final

 

[Asif321]

even 100 seems hard now

 

[OldWarHorse]

Hesson and Abrar look like brothers

 

[sweep_shot]

Hesson looks like he wants to blame the pitch. He always looks constipated.

 

[Asif321]

so turnout Bangladesh is no2 Asian team then .. and if they beat Ind in final could be even interesting

Only Bangladesh looked like challenging India so yeah .

 

[mango_bite77]

Wasim Jnr didn’t play a single game . A player like him should have played I feel .

Much better than Overhyped Shaheen.

 

[cricfan432]

Nawaz bhai single double, slog in last overs

 

[Energy]

Dropped and four. Luck for Nawaz. Now make it count boy.

 

[Azaad]

Hahaha! Another drop

 

[Asif321]

Lol Nawaz dropped also . Still Pakistan will lose . How crap are we

 

[BlackstoneRock]

This game may turn out to be one of those low scoring thrillers in big tournie

 

[pillionrider]

lol Bangladesh are trying so hard to make their fans cry as usual by the end of the game

 

[ads101]

Given its BD Pakistan can defend 100 runs !!

Not a 100 but 130 or so, I think is still possible because it’s Bangladesh. In a series they’d win but tournament I’m not sure.

 

[oatmeal]

Is BD throwing the match, this is comically bad

 

[m.shah]

How can u drop this lollipop

 

[Josh]

Impressed with Jaker. Has shown full commitment

 

[karthikc]

Butter fingers in the field

 

[Human786]

6 overs to go - can they get to 125 ?

 

[OldWarHorse]

What a Lemon

 

[Champ_Pal]

I was praising BD fielding and today they have been atrocious. On par with Indian catching the other day against Pakistan.

 

[Hikaru]

Haven't seen a tournament with worse catching, including street cricket.

 

[Asif321]

Will Harris live to hype today ?

 

[Aang_The_last_airbender]

Dubai Ground flood lights are literally the most horrible design in the world.
So many dropped catches all over the tournament.

 

[sweep_shot]

Another drop. Not good.

PAK - 75/6 (14 overs).

Need to keep it tight and field better. Shouldn't allow them to go past 130.

 

[amvbfm]

Awful cricket from both sides

 

[Local.Dada]

I feel bad when Saim gets trolled. He is a fine talent going through a tough patch and I feel he is an all format player. His bowling is pretty good and is a great bonus.

Don’t draw equivalences with some hack who is having a similar run of form.

Back this guy. Maybe move him to No.5 and see if it works.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Not a 100 but 130 or so, I think is still possible because it’s Bangladesh. In a series they’d win but tournament I’m not sure.

well 120 would be a decent score from this situation.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Seems like BD got infected by Indian fielders

 

[Usman Chadda]

6 overs to go - can they get to 125 ?

Nope

 

[charlie007]

Pakistan bats deep. Still capable batters at the crease!!

 

[m.shah]

Hesson looks like he wants to blame the pitch. He always looks constipated.

He takes international cricket as franchise cricket.

 

[Azaad]

Well Pak needs all the help they can get! Well done banglaboys!

 

[BlackstoneRock]

This Asia cup would be the most disappointing one in terms of num of drop catches ..

 

[TheRock]

BD hv dropped 5 catches.. Just like Ind did last night.

 

[Devadwal]

Half tracker and punished by Haris

 

[RexRex]

Need to get M Nawaz and Haris out quickly.

PAK - 71/6 (13.3 overs).

I thought you were a diehard Pak fan and rejected your Bangla origins

 

[sweep_shot]

Four from Haris.

 

[Asif321]

Harris needs a impactful innings to save his spot for next series

 

[Prince of Dorne]

It is a mystery how this Pak team still has a dedicated fanbase

 

[Champ_Pal]

Much hated Harris playing a crucial knock here.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

BD Caught well earlier and poor now. Is is something with the lights or the ground? So many drop catches this tournament.

 

[sweep_shot]

This Asia cup would be the most disappointing one in terms of num of drop catches ..

Yes.

Is it because of the floodlights there? That's the only explanation I can think of. Even India dropped 5 yesterday.

 

[Asad T]

This Asia cup would be the most disappointing one in terms of num of drop catches ..

Always tough catching in Dubai

 

[Salman4.]

You were right. End of. So theirs no need for me to have an ego and disagree for the sake of disagreeing, its a cricket game after all. I would like to apologise if I said anything that out of line.

I meant no harm, I disagreed with your claims but after seeing this performance you had a point and were correct.

While I have issues with Ba/Riz, Agha, Saim and the rest are worse in terms of sr.

I dislike slow sr batters in t20 and Agha was slower.

No shame in admitting I was wrong

Mature post. Much appreciated.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

It is a mystery how this Pak team still has a dedicated fanbase

Vanuatu and Zimbabwe have one. Pak still has more population.

 

[Prince of Dorne]

Luckiest tentury ever


Shaheen finally succeeds in getting out

Somebody open a shaheen vs Jaiswal thread pls.

 

[karthikc]

Just look to get to 100

 

[Asif321]

Our great Naqvi sahab sacked Gary Kirsten and Gillespie for Aqib and Hesson imagine that

 

[ads101]

It’s funny when Haris has his back against the wall and on the verge of being dropped he produces performances.

 

[Azaad]

Good amount of turn today - if these tullas can fluke their way above 120, Abrar could make things interesting in the chase

 

[Asad T]

Yes.

Is it because of the floodlights there? That's the only explanation I can think of. Even India dropped 5 yesterday.

Yeah, instead of 4 floodlights like in most stadiums, Dubai has a ring of lights making it a bit tougher to sight the ball

 

[Human786]

83/6 - 30 balls left

 

[cricfan432]

Individuals are performing, team is not performing.

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

Pakistan has to hold firm here; they have a whisker of a chance.

 

[Nasty Naz]

What a disgusting shambolic batting group this is. An embarrassment that these are best caliber of batters we have.

 

[sweep_shot]

PAK - 83/6 (15 overs).

Last 5 overs.

 

[Local.Dada]

Always tough catching in Dubai

I think it’s the lightning. I have seen fielders like Warner, Jadeja drop catches in IPl in Dubai.

 

[chinaman00]

Our great Naqvi sahab sacked Gary Kirsten and Gillespie for Aqib and Hesson imagine that

He’s your narcotics minister. Obviously, he will make these sorts disoriented decisions.

 

[Justcrazy]

83 . 6

30 balls to go

Pakistan would be hoping to get to 120 from here.

 

[jnaveen1980]

But for drops Pak score would have looked horrendous

 

[sweep_shot]

Yeah, instead of 4 floodlights like in most stadiums, Dubai has a ring of lights making it a bit tougher to sight the ball

I see.

They should replace those lights with 4 floodlights as it causes annoyance for the fielders.

 

[Asif321]

Won’t get more than 120 here

 

[GlobalCric]

Good amount of turn today - if these tullas can fluke their way above 120, Abrar could make things interesting in the chase

It's funny you started believing that this below par performance of batters has anything to do with the pitch condition! LOL

 

[Omer2002]

What a disgusting shambolic batting group this is. An embarrassment that these are best caliber of batters we have.

Yes and we must live with this for next 10 yrs. We can nly compete with uae and nepal right now and that is a reality

 

[Prince of Dorne]

It’s funny when Haris has his back against the wall and on the verge of being dropped he produces performances.

Bruv he scored like 18, at least let him score 30 before calling this a performance.

 

[ads101]

We have too long batting to get rattled for extremely low scores but we also don’t have performing specialist batsmen to get the big scores.

But this is proving the long batting depth is working. Gone are the days we play a bowler at 7 instead.

 

[Devadwal]

Last 5 over Pakistan want to score 45+ runs

 

[Obaidd]

It’s funny when Haris has his back against the wall and on the verge of being dropped he produces performances.

Funny is people fall for those flash in the pan performances.

 

[Asif321]

Wow Harris scored 20 feels like a ton from him