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

Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
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First thing that came to mind…
 
I don't see anything wrong with the celebrations. It was cringe only because it was a very ordinary innings which might have evebpn cost Pakistanis that game.
 
It was a weird celebration to begin with which looks even poorer in hindsight because
i) he slowed down and got out, probably thought the job was done or ‘taking it deep’ who knows
ii) his team lost
 
You can celebrate however you wish but all the guns and plane gestures don’t mean squat if you don’t accomplish your desired result in what you came out to do on the cricket field. It’s funny to see how everyone is going gaga over silly gestures when the team themselves is losing badly. It appears like a coping mechanism to divert attention from the poor performance of the PCT and the fans are lapping it gleefully.
 
JaDed said:
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.
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0-11
0-6

Almost the score line of their icc record vs India in World Cup events

@sweep_shot
 
Look Pakistani fans know their team cannot compete with India. So they get happiness from little things like Farhan's celebrations & Haris Rauf's antics even as their team lose badly. Fair play here

Reminds me of a 2018 WC game between England & Panama. England were 4 or 5 goals up. Still when Panama scored - they celebrated like crazy. Coz for them even scoring a goal against a big team like England was huge occassion.

Pakistan cricket right now is like Panama football. Also says something about state of the rivalry now
 
NishanKonar said:
Look Pakistani fans know their team cannot compete with India. So they get happiness from little things like Farhan's celebrations & Haris Rauf's antics even as their team lose badly. Fair play here

Reminds me of a 2018 WC game between England & Panama. England were 4 or 5 goals up. Still when Panama scored - they celebrated like crazy. Coz for them even scoring a goal against a big team like England was huge occassion.

Pakistan cricket right now is like Panama football. Also says something about state of the rivalry now
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The gap will only grow.

Good thing is they can't lose more as they are already losing. Just the margins of defeat will keep getting bigger.
 
charlie007 said:
You can celebrate however you wish but all the guns and plane gestures don’t mean squat if you don’t accomplish your desired result in what you came out to do on the cricket field. It’s funny to see how everyone is going gaga over silly gestures when the team themselves is losing badly. It appears like a coping mechanism to divert attention from the poor performance of the PCT and the fans are lapping it gleefully.
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Yes but if u are Pakistan fan or cricketer - what choice do u have

U know ur team wont win. So only way out is celebrate these things to taunt the enemy

Its tough being a sports fan when ur team is in terminal decline. Ask Man Utd fans
 
It was a great display of cross batted slogs to earn a well deserved half century with a slightly above par strike rate as per Pak standards.

Gun firing celebration was like a own goal. Felt like he had enough of it and wanted to eliminate himself as the Indian bowlers struggled to get his wicket. So he pointed the bat/gun towards himself.
:inti
 
TexasRattlesnake said:
The gap will only grow.

Good thing is they can't lose more as they are already losing. Just the margins of defeat will keep getting bigger.
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See this is the problem. Indian fans will get more cocky & arrogant towards Pakistani fans. That will force Pakistani fans to get more edgy to get back at Indians. Like more " eating beef " posts or mocking Pahalgam victims

Its actually 2 way street.
 
This is why I hope PCB ressurects Pakistan cricket & make their team more competitive

Else this rivalry will degrade into a unending cycle of ugly upmanship in future with nothing positive on the actual cricket field
 
NishanKonar said:
This is why I hope PCB ressurects Pakistan cricket & make their team more competitive

Else this rivalry will degrade into a unending cycle of ugly upmanship in future with nothing positive on the actual cricket field
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It won't. How can you compete against nations with bigger paychecks and better infrastructure?

Only way PCB can compete is if economy improves.

And only way for that is - drum roll - lessening the power of the army which isn't gonna happen so this declien will continue.
 
NishanKonar said:
See this is the problem. Indian fans will get more cocky & arrogant towards Pakistani fans. That will force Pakistani fans to get more edgy to get back at Indians. Like more " eating beef " posts or mocking Pahalgam victims

Its actually 2 way street.
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They can get edgy as they like. Won't stop their losing. At one point they will give up on cricket like they did hockey.
 
Pakpak said:
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.
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Its the sentiment shared by majority of muslims..
 
tiger_khan said:
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.
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stop showing them the mirror… why you breaking hearts
 
I said it before in this thread too:

If I was Agha I would have said we focus on sports, on the field, I would have criticised India but also disavowed the utter foolish nonsense our players have been doing with the planes. It's childish. It's especially childish since they not only lose, but are destroyed every game. It's also chidlish because if Indian players start pointing to 1971 we will look complete clowns. It's also childish, as personally, I can never make fun of dead Indian soliders. We had the good press but then have ruined any goodwill by amateur plane nonsense with nothing to back it on the field.

Politics should never infect sports. For Pakistan and India especially cricket diplomacy has brought warming of relations, we literally played during the 1999 war, had some great series after that as well. Good friendships with the players and cricket was the one thing which bought mutual respect from both fans, not a single cricket game barring the odd riot has had issues. Fans have sat in mixed enclosures and got along. Aside from the disgraceful behaviour in Ahmedabad, our team got fantastic support in 2023. Abrar, a famous bike ride from Pakistan, travelled to India, vlogged it. The love he got was immense, even took me aback.

But Modi's government has done it's best to destroy all the above. I knew all that was changing since India's current government came into power. Handshakes, bilaterals are not good but rigging groups every year to play us is all good. Our relations have it's downs but inivetably will have it's ups again. And Indians will look absolute fools once they will have to go back to handshakes.
 
Pakpak said:
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.
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Exactly. But both bcci n pcb are just greedy money hungry boards.
 
Sachin fan said:
Pakistanis and making full mileage out of delusions and lies. Name a better duo. If anyone wonders about the state of the country. The entire awam lives in denial and alternate reality.
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What is the state of India please enlighten us?

Speaking of lies and delusion speak to us about Indian media too please.
 
Fines/Bans incoming for Rauf/Farhan.

PCB might now threaten to pull out.

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The BCCI has filed a complaint with the ICC against Pakistan’s Haris Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan for provocative gestures during the Asia Cup. If denied, a hearing may follow. Meanwhile, the PCB has reportedly complained about India captain Suryakumar Yadav’s post-match dedication to terror victims, calling it political. Tensions between the teams continue amid heated exchanges and the ongoing “handshakegate” controversy.
 
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TexasRattlesnake said:
Thing is Sky has done nothing wrong.

Handshake is not mandatory and in his PC never mentioned Pakistan once.

Rauf is in direct violation though.
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Pcb accused sky for pahalgam comments not for handshake.few Muslim players avoid handshake with women in other mixed sports on religion basis, so nothing can be done for that.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Talk about it when Jay Shah is not doing biased bhangra while being ICC chairman
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What has he done ? Any controversial tweet ridiculing pak undermining his own event ?what naqvi did is stupidity beyond any logic or sense.its catered to pak people served by pak interior minister who dont have any productive work to do as acc or pcb chairman
 
Vikram1989 said:
Pcb accused sky for pahalgam comments not for handshake.few Muslim players avoid handshake with women in other mixed sports on religion basis, so nothing can be done for that.
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Pahalgam comments nothing was wrong.

He never mentioned Pakistan.

Pakistan anyways denies Pahalgam, so why getting bothered anyway?

Rauf was direct violation. Won't be surprised to see him getting fined/banned.
 
TexasRattlesnake said:
Pahalgam comments nothing was wrong.

He never mentioned Pakistan.

Pakistan anyways denies Pahalgam, so why getting bothered anyway?

Rauf was direct violation. Won't be surprised to see him getting fined/banned.
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Yeah . Complaint is only for the sake of awaam consumption .it dont have any legs as the comments are well designed with out mentioning pak.
 
Why does the BCCI need to complain?

What Rauf did was there for everyone to see. Why does a formal complaint need to be lodged for it to be deemed against the code of ethics?
 
What a bunch of crybabies BCCI+India

What do you expect when you kill kids in another country and then label that country as terrorists?

The people of that country will respond brutally. Take it! You started it! Why crying now?
 
Rana said:
What a bunch of crybabies BCCI+India

What do you expect when you kill kids in another country and then label that country as terrorists?

The people of that country will respond brutally. Take it! You started it! Why crying now?
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Heheheh not crying.

"Responding"

Good luck fighting against the country which provides 90% of cricket's revenue and has both the ICC Chairman and CEO.

Fun times approaching.
 
TexasRattlesnake said:
He mentioned military operations which involved India.

Surya never mentioned Operation Sindoor etc.
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Wouldn't acknowledging Rauf's gestures to the crowd as 'political' mean also acknowledging that Indian jets were downed? Something the Indian government has constantly denied?

Because otherwise he's just moving his hands around. :wahab2
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Wouldn't acknowledging Rauf's gestures to the crowd as 'political' mean also acknowledging that Indian jets were downed? Something the Indian government has constantly denied?

Because otherwise he's just moving his hands around. :wahab2
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Not really.

He was indicating the Pakistani point of view about the conflict which is that 6 jets were downed.

It being real or not doesn't change the fact it was political.

If someone from India wore a "Balochistan is not Pakistan" shirt Pakistanis would have been offended and called it "political" even though Balochistan is internationally recognized as part of Pakistan.
 
Richie Richardson is overseeing pakistani complaint against Sky and Andy Pycroft against Haris and Farhan. I expect Haris and Sky to face to be penalised, and Farhan to get away with just a warning.
 
TexasRattlesnake said:
Not really.

He was indicating the Pakistani point of view about the conflict which is that 6 jets were downed.

It being real or not doesn't change the fact it was political.

If someone from India wore a "Balochistan is not Pakistan" shirt Pakistanis would have been offended and called it "political" even though Balochistan is internationally recognized as part of Pakistan.
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If you don't believe the Pakistan POV to be true then why should you be bothered about him waving his hands around?

Penalizing him for this would be seen by most as an implicit acknowledgement of Pakistan's POV
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
If you don't believe the Pakistan POV to be true then why should you be bothered about him waving his hands around?

Penalizing him for this would be seen by most as an implicit acknowledgement of Pakistan's POV
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Like I said - it is a political point meant to demean.

Same with the Balochistan example I gave.
 
You should not be doing anything to provoke a random mixed crowd. A small thing can trigger a nasty fight(s) in the stands. It is a dangerous provocation in the current environment with fans of both India and Pakistan sitting together.
 
Did anyone notice how indian fans are not talking about oh how this is an acc event, why they went to icc.

Lol
 
NishanKonar said:
See this is the problem. Indian fans will get more cocky & arrogant towards Pakistani fans. That will force Pakistani fans to get more edgy to get back at Indians. Like more " eating beef " posts or mocking Pahalgam victims

Its actually 2 way street.
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Not all fans. Only very childish ones. Most Pak and Indians esp abroad respect each other and know that the media and politicians have an interest in keeping people apart and angry.

BUT I DONT KNOW WHY WE CANT HAVE MORE MATCHES

Imagine this Asia Cup without the spice of India Pakistan. Even though it’s one sided, Infact all the matches have been pretty one sided but the spice between Pak-India in the sterile UAE desert has kept the competition interesting. You just don’t want things to go beyond a line.
 
Falconslions said:
You should not be doing anything to provoke a random mixed crowd. A small thing can trigger a nasty fight(s) in the stands. It is a dangerous provocation in the current environment with fans of both India and Pakistan sitting together.
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The fans sitting there together seem remarkably well behaved. But in actual fact the Indian team captain is whipping up the crown by discussing pehelgam and indian army.

Many people don’t remember the 1996 World Cup and stadium set on fire by Indian fans.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
If you don't believe the Pakistan POV to be true then why should you be bothered about him waving his hands around?

Penalizing him for this would be seen by most as an implicit acknowledgement of Pakistan's POV
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I don’t think you’re getting the point. There is a reason why most sporting bodies remove politics and political statements from sports. It interferes with the games and competitions and creates bad feeling. Doesn’t matter if it’s just and fair it’s simply not welcome.

Monkey gate? Jelly bean gate, etc etc are examples where quite rightly icc pulled up participants. They expect national boards to do the same.

Sky making a crass comment about a terrorist attack and Pakistani players also behaving in a less than sportsmanlike manner just undermines the game and leads to more conflict and bad feeling. It’s up to the administrators to sanction their players but in actual fact it seems that the goons from both sides are backslapping their ignorant players. Really it’s so ugly.
 
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