[PICTURE] Sahibzada Farhan’s ‘gun celebration’ after half-century vs India in Asia Cup 2025

[hassan918]

Sahibzada Farhan reached his half-century against India and pulled off a unique “gun celebration” to mark the milestone. A bit fiesty considering the tensions between the 2 countries.

What do you guys think about this celebration?

 

[MenInG]

Asif celebration comes to mind

 

[pillionrider]

What do you guys think about this celebration?

That a significant number of Pakistanis like holding guns in their hands?

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Seen the same celebration a lot of times by other cricketers.

 

[GudduBadmash]

Beautiful celebration , I’m not into political statements in games but if Surya can come into a presser and speak about it there is nothing wrong with Sahibzada doing this

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

 

[RexRex]

Sahibzada Farhan reached his half-century against India and pulled off a unique “gun celebration” to mark the milestone. A bit fiesty considering the tensions between the 2 countries.

What do you guys think about this celebration?

He was aiming for the third umpire..

 

[Pakistan150-0]

What is wrong with this celebration

 

[DeadlyVenom]

ICC should clamp down on these military stuff.

Poor stuff from Farhan and then the Indian fielders who gave tribute to fallen rafales with their catches.

Just keep the onfield action related to cricket.

 

[Mas-LFC]

Nothing wrong with it. Just a celebration.

 

[mango_bite77]

Dhoni did it multiple times, nothin wrong in this. Stop crying

 

[Major]

ICC should clamp down on these military stuff.

Poor stuff from Farhan and then the Indian fielders who gave tribute to fallen rafales with their catches.

Just keep the onfield action related to cricket.

Yeh man, the Indian rafale tributes was not needed by the Indians.

 

[mango_bite77]

Dedication to Pehalgam

Absolutely rubbish. Innocent killings should never be mocked, be it indian, Pakistani or Kashmiri

 

[Major]

Absolutely rubbish. Innocent killings should never be mocked, be it indian, Pakistani or Kashmiri

Ok, so Kumar giving dedications is ok?

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Absolutely rubbish. Innocent killings should never be mocked, be it indian, Pakistani or Kashmiri

They were mocked by Indians, innocent lives reduced to no handshakes and theatrics. Lecture them please.

Major was showing the mirror not mocking, he has clarified he didn't mean about the victims.. But suddenly the Indians crapped their pants after spending all their time mocking Pakistan.

 

[cricketfan24]

Dedication to Pehalgam

 

[pillionrider]

the Indian fielders who gave tribute to fallen rafales with their catches.

Hahaha

ICC should clamp down on these military stuff.

Poor stuff from Farhan and then the Indian fielders who gave tribute to fallen rafales with their catches.

Just keep the onfield action related to cricket.

I mean, even a military thing can be tolerated. It's stupid but can be tolerated. But if you have people like @Major thinking (and obviously smiling to himself) that it's about a terrorist attack on unarmed civilians then that is truly pathetic. Big difference between cricketers supporting their armed forces vs cheering an attack on a bus load of passengers.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Sahibzada Farhan reached his half-century against India and pulled off a unique “gun celebration” to mark the milestone. A bit fiesty considering the tensions between the 2 countries.

What do you guys think about this celebration?

That's no AK47. That's a Bazooka.

 

[ads101]

Celebration is fine on itself. Though yeah it will probably make the rounds associated with the attacks now, even though I’m sure Farhan wasn’t thinking about them when he was doing it.

 

[Boyka]

Give them the Shoaib Akhtar celebration

 

[cricketmania22]

When Indian openers are striking at 170 and 180, this clown celebrated his fifty at a SR of 128.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

It was an ordinary innings when you look at the way indian openers have batted

 

[BDfanforever]

Looks like he is playing guitar.

 

[pakistani pride]

Nothing wrong with it.

 

[Devadwal]

His innings was ordinary like his celebration. 58(45)

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

He was aiming for the third umpire..

Third umpire or match referee?

 

[Obaidd]

Should be discouraged, I felt uncomfortable watching it and do not appreciate it. 58 off 45. Wow, all hail.

 

[Nephrologist]

wonderful.
what an innings he played. The celebration was worthy of a 128 sr inning

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

^* from such comments on here you’d believe that Pakistan has just beaten India.

Absolute delusion.

But loads of fun

 

[OldWarHorse]

Shouldn't he be holding the bat the other way round?? Looks like he is aiming at himself.

 

[Rana]

Match haro aur tamashe karo

Unlike India who have been doing tamashey after losing a war?

 

[Kaptan]

This kind of behavior looks good only when you perform and win matches for your team. Anyway, he is free to celebrate however he wants—we are nobody to tell him otherwise.

 

[PAKFAN12]

Selfish Innings But we were told that they play with intent.

 

[Devadwal]

Sahibzada Farhan reached his half-century against India and pulled off a unique “gun celebration” to mark the milestone. A bit fiesty considering the tensions between the 2 countries.

What do you guys think about this celebration?

Post retirement career plan.

 

[Devadwal]

After thrashing them with the bat, Abhishek Sharma rubs it in further for Pakistan. “The way they (Pakistan) came at for no reason, I didn’t like it. This was the only way I could give medicine to them.”
FYI: He said this to a Pakistan presenter.

 

[Greenstorm]

Winning and losing is part of the game. Our boys made mistakes on the field but they were not short of passion.

Despite limited skill, they proudly wore that star today and dished it back to any Indian who was trying to be oversmart.

Good stuff. We should back these boys.

 

[Local.Dada]

Winning and losing is part of the game. Our boys made mistakes on the field but they were not short of passion.

Despite limited skill, they proudly wore that star today and dished it back to any Indian who was trying to be oversmart.

Good stuff. We should back these boys.

That’s the spirit . Back your team always!!!

 

[Greenstorm]

New boys from both sides don't share the same respect that previous gen used to have who grew up before social media.

Expect a lot of garma garmi in future encounters.

 

[straighttalk]

Sure.

I notice he settled down when Haris approached him.

Haris has been spanked by Kohli and will be in future by the new Indian kids..

 

[straighttalk]

Post retirement career plan.

Sent to Saudi for a royal payment...

 

[Rana]

Lol Abhishek's sixes landed like brahmos on Noor Khan.

They didn’t have US calling Modi and telling him to surrender did they

 

[RexRex]

Third umpire or match referee?

Both are in our pocket

 

[Kaptan]

They didn’t have US calling Modi and telling him to surrender did they

Leave it brother. Nahi ho pa rha tumse.

 

[Pakpak]

I personally think this and Rauf wiht 6-0 is pathetic but it's the Indians who have opened the door with this. And once the door is opened it won't be shut. What's funny is SKY hugging Omani players who were born and bred in Karachi.

Personally I'd rather not play India at all.

 

[Hellion]

No issues with it.

 

[Josh]

With the bat handle (barrel) pointing towards his own neck, he is taking an aim at himself. He did so wonderfully by making 7 runs of next 11 balls he faced after his 50.

 

[Obaidd]

With the bat handle (barrel) pointing towards his own neck, he is taking an aim at himself. He did so wonderfully by making 7 runs of next 11 balls he faced after his 50.

lol probably lost focus after the weird gesture or maybe by slowing down he was just ‘taking it deep’

 

[Josh]

lol probably lost focus after the weird gesture or maybe by slowing down he was just ‘taking it deep’

It's really hard to keep up the intensity and focus. Little stuff to seperate greats from okay batsmen

 

[Obaidd]

It's really hard to keep up the intensity and focus. Little stuff to seperate greats from okay batsmen

Farhan is not in any greats conversation. I don’t think his most ardent fans have claimed greatness for him lol.

What we saw today was probably his best and he finished with a 45 ball 130 sr innings. I am inclined to think this is his ceiling.

 

[Rana]

Farhan is not in any greats conversation. I don’t think his most ardent fans have claimed greatness for him lol.

What we saw today was probably his best and he finished with a 45 ball 130 sr innings. I am inclined to think this is his ceiling.

He has hit 160 in T20s

You haven’t seen the best of him yet.

 

[hur rizvi]

I personally think this and Rauf wiht 6-0 is pathetic but it's the Indians who have opened the door with this. And once the door is opened it won't be shut. What's funny is SKY hugging Omani players who were born and bred in Karachi.

Personally I'd rather not play India at all.

No reason they were coming at us—- Abhishek lives in his own sweet bubble

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Isn't the supposed gun in reverse.. the handle should represent the barrel. It's a suicide.. oh wait.

 

[Snowflake]

Winning and losing is part of the game. Our boys made mistakes on the field but they were not short of passion.

Despite limited skill, they proudly wore that star today and dished it back to any Indian who was trying to be oversmart.

Good stuff. We should back these boys.

I agree with this. The passion and the pride should never be compromised even in if the results are not going in your favor.

Compete as hard as you can on the field regardless of the results.

Loved the fight today. Keep it up.

 

[Katwalindian]

His innings was ordinary like his celebration. 58(45)

Scored 50 in 32 ...so deserve this celebration

 

[jnaveen1980]

He can celebrate the way he wants. But it is a cringe celebration. Extravagant celebration works only for Pant. As ridiculous as Jemima rodriguez celebrating for her maiden 100 lol playing guitar. Abhishek has a neat and simple celebration anybody can do Even kids

 

[Ball Blazer]

Sahibzada on his gun celebration during PAK vs IND

Q: Besides your record for the most sixes this year, your celebration after hitting a six is being widely discussed. What was the thinking behind it, and what was your argument with Hardik Pandya?

A: My celebration was a spontaneous moment. I usually don't celebrate much even when I reach a fifty, but I just felt like celebrating today. I don't care what others think about it. As for aggressive cricket, I believe every team, not just India, should play with that mindset. We played aggressively today, and that's the kind of cricket we should be playing.

 

[chakdeindian]

Sahibzada Farhan reached his half-century against India and pulled off a unique “gun celebration” to mark the milestone. A bit fiesty considering the tensions between the 2 countries.

What do you guys think about this celebration?

He doesn't know how to even hold a gun..it's like nozil of the gun facing him and he is shooting himself..same what Pak did themselves today

 

[chakdeindian]

New boys from both sides don't share the same respect that previous gen used to have who grew up before social media.

Expect a lot of garma garmi in future encounters.

Abe yaar..all Pak doing today was theatrics and not natural aggression..Aggression comes with performance..just growling and badmouthing, but doing the same usual performance doesn't count as aggressiveness..it's just gimmick

 

[Hikaru]

Isn't the supposed gun in reverse.. the handle should represent the barrel. It's a suicide.. oh wait.

Lovely

 

[Mesozoic]

Nothing wrong with the celebration.

But I'm pretty sure that if this was an Indian player celebrating like this, PCB would have gone crying to ICC again and demanded for an apology from the bat manufacturer.

 

[Mamoon]

Blud thought he had played a blinder and won Pakistan the match

 

[PAKFAN12]

He scored 7 runs off 11 balls after completing his half-century.

 

[hks222]

We need to be more hostile against these Indians.

 

[shamaan]

Nothing wrong with his celebration.

 

[TheSultan]

Lot of fuss over nothing - Asif had the same celebration vs Afghanistan.

Indians are so sensitive

 

[tiger_khan]

if it irks the opponents, keep doing it

Jadeja whose wife is a politician of anti-muslim BJP and he himself with a western member of the political party, celebrates his batting milestones by mimicking swordplay. no one criticizes him

Pak players should perform celebrations anyway they like regardless of how the opponents or their fans feel, as long as it is within the boundaries of ICC rules

 

[tiger_khan]

Lot of fuss over nothing - Asif had the same celebration vs Afghanistan.

Indians are so sensitive

not only sensitive but hypocrites


when jadeja does his swordplay in his celebrations, nobody is bothered

 

[JaDed]

not only sensitive but hypocrites


when jadeja does his swordplay in his celebrations, nobody is bothered

Jadeja does it every game.. even in IPL.. does Farhan do it in every game, he himself said he felt to celebrate and isn’t much into celebrations.

And nothing wrong in his celebration but the comparison one doesn’t hold up, Jadeja doesn’t care who the opposition is.

 

[light]

Seen this celebration from many different players, including Dhoni.

However, what Haris Rauf was doing near the boundary ... bro not during a match.

 

[Rana]

Seen this celebration from many different players, including Dhoni.

However, what Haris Rauf was doing near the boundary ... bro not during a match.

Why? Indians get what they fully deserve after politicising the game.

 

[topspin]

It was an ordinary innings when you look at the way indian openers have batted

He played poorly in the last 10 or so deliveries but there's no Rizwan scores 50 off 34 ball and spanks Bumrah like the way he did during that innings.

You continue to spam this hate about this innings in various threads, which leads me to ask are you connected to Rizwan or is it voluntary work?

 

[light]

Why? Indians get what they fully deserve after politicising the game.

Me and you having a discussion on a forum or in person is not the same as a person representing a country on national live TV. However, I agree with the politicising part 100%.

 

[Devadwal]

Pakistanis were celebrating even after losing the match (which was telecasted live), just because one of their players posed with a gun-fire gesture.

And you think such people will ever accept their defeat on the battlefield?

 

[Rana]

Jadeja does it every game.. even in IPL.. does Farhan do it in every game, he himself said he felt to celebrate and isn’t much into celebrations

He doesn’t do it every game

But India politicised the game v Pakistan

India crossed the line. They always do. And Pakistan will always respond in full force and if not more.

India will always leave the scrap with a bloody nose against Pakistan. This will always be the case. We don’t back down once provoked.

 

[JaDed]

He doesn’t do it every game

But India politicised the game v Pakistan

India crossed the line. They always do. And Pakistan will always respond in full force and if not more.

India will always leave the scrap with a bloody nose against Pakistan. This will always be the case. We don’t back down once provoked.

Ok bro glad you won yesterday.

 

[Rana]

Ok bro glad you won yesterday.

I’m not the one crying about gun gestures and hand signals am I? That’s Indians after politicising the game and then getting a taste of their own medicine.

 

[Devadwal]

Rana won same way Rana Faheem celebreted gill wicket .

Ok bro glad you won yesterday.

 

[JaDed]

I’m not the one crying about gun gestures and hand signals am I? That’s Indians after politicising the game and then getting a taste of their own medicine.

The post of mine you replied to, I already said no issues with the celebration but i did say comparison with Jadeja doesn’t make sense as Jadeja does it regardless of the opposition.. you are barking at the wrong tree.

 

[nish_mate]

Nothing wrong with the celebration.

But I'm pretty sure that if this was an Indian player celebrating like this, PCB would have gone crying to ICC again and demanded for an apology from the bat manufacturer.

Not just PCB, but some jazbaadi characters would have started a funny thread on it blaming BCCI

 

[tiger_khan]

I think he did it after one of his great innings against Sri Lanka, before he was captain.

I would like to inform the young Pakistani patrons of this forum that the political relationship between India and Sri Lanka had also not been a bed of roses.

At the behest of Russia, India facilitated a civil war in Sri Lanka by supporting Tamils. The reason being, the latter had a seaport deal with the US, which Russia didn't like.

Later on the Indian government turned on the Sri Lankan Tamils. Consequently, the Sri Lankan Tamils assassinated a former PM of India for betrayal.

When Dhoni mimicked a machinegun in his celebration, no Sri Lankan complained.