Pakistan's fans and media react after their defeat against India in Men's T20 Asia Cup 2025

After their dominating performances in the respective opening fixtures at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, India locked horns with Pakistan at the same ground on September 14 in the group stage. Salman Ali Agha won the toss and decided to bat first on the fresh surface, expecting it to hold in the second innings as Suryakumar Yadav, India’s captain, refused to shake hands with the Pakistan captain.

From losing their opener, Saim Ayub, on the first legal ball of the innings to the end, nothing worked for the batting side. Sahibzada Farhan got 40 runs, but it took him 44 balls to reach the position. India’s three spinners, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, and Kuldeep Yadav, shared a fine joint figure of 6/60 in 12 overs before Shaheen Afridi’s 33* runs pushed them to 127/9.

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Abhishek Sharma laid the platform in the chase with an aggressive knock of 31 runs in 13 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes before the captain remained unbeaten on 47 runs in 37 deliveries with the help of five boundaries and one six to complete the chase by seven wickets.

Pakistan fans and media react to defeat against India in Asia Cup 2025

After the end of the game, Sky and the Indian side didn’t shake hands with the opposition. They went upstairs and locked themselves in the dressing room. In its protest, the PCB didn’t send their captain for the post-match presentation ceremony either before filing a complaint about the unsporting behavior of the Blue Brigade in the fixture.

Let’s take a look at how the fans and media reacted to Pakistan’s defeat to India in the Asia Cup 2025-