Even during the Super 4 clash between India and Bangladesh from the 2025 season of the Asia Cup, which continued at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, the mocking fire continued to take place against Pakistan. In the last over of the second innings, Suryakumar Yadav made a hilarious move to ridicule the Salman Ali Agha-led side, as the video has gone viral on social media platforms.

Having already smelled the victory against the Jaker Ali-led side in Dubai, Suryakumar Yadav decided to throw the ball at Tilak Verma, who came as a part-timer. That was the time when Sky acted to bring the scissor out of his pocket and cut from the middle. Many have reckoned that the Mumbai-born has used it to show how Bangladesh was cut from Pakistan in 1971.

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Through the Liberation War, triggered by East Pakistan’s autonomy demands, the Bengali-dominated Awami League won the election battle, forcing India to intervene militarily, including the Operation Searchlight. When the war concluded with the defeat of the Pakistani army, they surrendered, and that created the independent nation of Bangladesh.

Watch: Suryakumar Yadav makes hilarious reaction to ridicule Pakistan during IND vs BAN Super 4 clash

Winning the toss, Bangladesh decided to bowl first on a surface they anticipated would get better for batting in the second innings. Litton Das was ruled out of the fixture due to an injury that he picked up during the practice session, while they also made three more changes in the squad.

In 1971 Pakistan was cut and Bangladesh was created.

This is unacceptable PCB should officially complain to ICC about Surya Yadav’s behavior.

He shouldn’t mock in action that Pakistan was cut into Bangladesh

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— Space Recorder (@1spacerecorder) September 25, 2025

Abhishek Sharma smashed 75 runs in 37 balls, with the help of six boundaries and five sixes at a strike rate of 202.70, while Hardik Pandya clubbed 38 runs in 29 deliveries to help the Indian side post 168/6 in their allotted 20 overs of the first inning. Shubman Gill also cracked 29 runs in 19 balls with two fours and one six.

In reply, only Saif Hasan and Parvez Emon got into double figures. The former smashed 69 runs in 51 runs at a strike rate of 135.29, smashing three boundaries and five sixes. Apart from this, no one could stand in the middle as they were bundled out for 127 runs and gifted India a 41-run win.   

Under Suryakumar Yadav’s leadership, India locked horns with Bangladesh for their second Super 4 clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. It was not a sweet batting performance from the Blue Brigade in this clash as they struggled their way to 168 after Abhishek Sharma smashed 75 runs to lay down a strong platform in the first half of the inning.

It was the second ball of the fourth over from Jasprit Bumrah in the second innings. The right-arm pacer went for an in-swinging yorker to Parvez Hossain Emon, who took it as a full toss on his pas. The bowler appealed hard to convince the captain, Suryakumar Yadav, to go for the review to the third umpire.

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Suryakumar walked up to the umpire and discussed the review as the audio was leaked on the stump microphone. ‘If the impact is in line, then I think. Oye, Bumrah out, hey bhai. What if in an umpire’s call? If no ball tracking, then the review is retained or what?” Sky’s hilarious interaction with the on-field umpire on the stump mic went viral.

Watch: Suryakumar Yadav's hilarious stump mic conversation with umpire during IND vs BAN Super 4 clash

However, the ball tracking showed that it was going down leg, and the impact was on the umpire’s call before it would have hit the leg stump. Given that the on-field umpire didn’t rule the batter out, Emon survived while India was able to keep their review with them. It didn’t matter much as the left-handed batter was dismissed for 21 runs in the seventh over.

 

 

 

 

 

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Bumrah was under pressure from the start of the game, having been nailed for runs around the park against Pakistan. However, he made a strong comeback against Bangladesh with a wicket on the second ball of his spell of Tanzid Tamim and ended with figures of 2/18 in four overs.

India was able to collect the victory by 41 runs as the Bangladesh side was bundled out for 127 in 19.3 overs. The Blue Brigade qualifies for the final of the Asia Cup 2025, which is scheduled to take place on September 28 in Dubai, against the winner of the game between Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Although India has qualified for the final of the Asia Cup 2025 even before their last Super 4 clash against Sri Lanka at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the UAE, discussions have centered on their poor fielding performance in the previous couple of fixtures against Pakistan and Bangladesh. Dropped catches and misfielding have been incredibly poor. 

The spotlight has been on the fielding coach, T Dilip, who is now under immense pressure to tighten the standards, which has been one of the strongest suits of the Blue Brigade. To match the quality of the top sides in the world, fielding has reached a stable position during any event.

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The number makes for poor reading as Suryakumar Yadav’s army dropped 12 catches, which is the most in the Asia Cup, and has a catching efficiency of 67%. Hong Kong is the only other side with a catching efficiency of under 70% and has put 10 chances on the floor. On vital occasions, this would put more pressure on the national side.

India’s fielding coach T Dilip under pressure after India’s consistent poor fielding performance

Dubai hasn’t been an easy ground to field and take catches, especially due to the ring of fire where the floodlights come on the eyes of the fielders and make it tough to grab the catches. Dilip was removed after the Champions Trophy 2025, before coming back before the England trip. Varun Chakravarthy revealed his views on the dropped catches.

“As they say, you can't give excuses at this level. As a team, we definitely have to start catching all those because we look like we will be qualifying for the finals, and we should be taking them. It comes in the eyesight sometimes, and it’s a little bit of disturbance. We have to get acclimatized to it.” India’s mystery spinner expressed in the press conference.

Looking at the current situation, fielding has been the weakest link for them in T20Is. If they don’t improve it in the next couple of months, the dream of defending their title during the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka will be shattered.

India experienced a below-par batting performance in the first innings during their Super 4 clash of the Asia Cup 2025 against Bangladesh at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Even after getting 96 runs for the loss of two wickets at the halfway mark, the Suryakumar Yadav-led side couldn’t cross the 175-run mark, which was even possible due to Hardik Pandya’s 37 runs at a strike rate of 130. 

With the ball, the Blue Brigade needed to take a huge responsibility. Hardik took the new ball and gave a three on the very first ball of the first inning. On the first delivery, Tanzid Hasan Tamim drove his bat to Jasprit Bumrah and went for a huge shot through the covers.

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Bumrah went for a slower delivery on the next ball as the southpaw batter closed his bat face to get a leading edge, which went straight up in the air before Shivam Dube settled near mid-on and took a simple catch to send the batter back. There was movement away from the left-handed, and Tamim tried to play against it.

Watch: Jasprit Bumrah dismisses Tanzid Hasan Tamim during IND vs BAN Super 4 clash

Bumrah’s second over of the second innings was equally excellent. The second ball of the fourth over swung later and smashed Parvez Emon on the pads. The entire Indian team appealed before the decision was upheld to the third umpire, who revealed that the impact was on the umpire’s call.

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Parvez Emon smashed Varun Chakravarthy for two boundaries in three balls of the fifth over to get closer to the game. He pulled Bumrah for a six over the wide long-on region, a six to shoulder themselves to 44/1 in their six overs. That was a decent start for the side, who later lost Emon for 21 runs.

Earlier in the inning, Abhishek Sharma clubbed a fine knock of 75 runs in just 37 balls to provide them a fine stat with the bat before the opposition made a fine comeback to put pressure with three quick wickets in the middle order of the line-up.

During the India vs Bangladesh Super Fours fixture in the Asia Cup 2025 at Dubai on Wednesday (September 24), Bangladesh left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman set a new T20I record for his nation after surpassing the legendary all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. 

After sending India to bat first, Bangladesh restricted India to 168/6 in 20 overs. Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman had the bowling figures of 4-0-33-1, as he took the wicket of Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav for only five runs. In that same over, where the Indian skipper was dismissed after the confident Bangladesh took a successful review, in-form Indian opener Abhishek Sharma was run out after a brilliant fielding from Rishad Hossain, as Mustafizur finished the job. 

[WATCH] Miscommunication leads to Abhishek Sharma's run-out for 75 during IND vs BAN Super 4 Asia Cup 2025 clash

Mustafizur Rahman broke Shakib Al Hasan's record: Leading T20I wicket-taker for Bangladesh

With the wicket of Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman completed his 150 T20I wickets, as he became the first Bangladesh bowler to complete 150 T20I wickets. That wicket made Mustafizur the leading T20I wicket-taker for Bangladesh, as he surpassed the legendary left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan, who took 149 wickets in his T20I career. 

After the Afghan star Rashid Khan, Mustafizur became the second Asian to record 150 T20I wickets. Meanwhile, he also became the second pacer to bag 150 T20I wickets, just after the New Zealand legend Tim Southee. Overall, the Bangladesh left-arm pacer became the first left-arm pacer and fourth bowler to complete 150 T20I wickets.

Bowlers with 150 T20I wickets

• Rashid Khan (Afghanistan/ICC World XI): 173 T20I wickets
• Tim Southee (New Zealand): 164 T20I wickets
• Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh): 150 T20I wickets
• Ish Sodhi (New Zealand): 150 T20I wickets

Mustafizur has taken eight wickets in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025, as he is currently the third leading wicket-taker in this T20 tournament. 

Mustafizur has taken 356 international wickets, as he is the third leading wicket-taker for Bangladesh in international cricket. 

Abhishek Sharma, the left-handed opening batter of the Indian side, continued his aggressive batting during the Super 4 clash of the 2025 season of the Asia Cup between India and Bangladesh at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates. He celebrated his back-to-back half-centuries during the competition at a brisk rate. 

India didn’t make a great start with the bat as they made just 17 runs on the board in three overs. But Shubman Gill drilled a fine boundary and a six to get the momentum back before Abhishek started to club the big shots regularly. Once he celebrated his half-century, he took a new stance and started to smash the big shots.

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On the very first ball after the drinks, the Punjab-born picked up the bone out of the pitched-up ball from Saifuddin and smoked it over the long-off region for a towering six. On the first ball of the 12th over, Suryakumar Yadav cut the ball from Mustafizur Rahman to the point region as Abhishek set for the single.

Watch: Abhishek Sharma got run out for 75 during IND vs BAN Super 4 clash of Asia Cup 2025

The point fielder, Rishad Hossain, stopped the ball with a dive and threw it to the bowling end. The fielder waited for a moment and fired a flat throw to the bowlers’ end. Mustafizur collected the ball calmly while gathering the throw. The ball was getting out of his hand and broke the stumps to get the batter out for 75 runs, with the help of six fours and five sixes.

Surya Bhau, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!? 😩💔
That Abhishek Sharma run-out is just NOT sitting right. He was on fire — and you sent him back to the dugout! 🔥➡️❌
Captaincy brain fade or just panic?pic.twitter.com/bSiK80ST2x

— Sporttify (@sporttify) September 24, 2025

Since the wicket of Abhishek, India kept losing wickets one after another. Suryakumar got an outside edge into the gloves on the leg side for five runs. Tilak Verma also went back to the hut for five runs in seven balls as they were reduced to 132/5 in their 15 overs.

Bangladesh started to make a comeback in the clash with wickets as India slowed down terribly in the middle order. They needed to get their innings back on track for the encounter.

It was an unnatural start from the Indian openers during their second Super 4 encounter of the Asia Cup 2025 against Bangladesh at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The opponent bowlers used the right line and length and varied the pace beautifully to tackle the initial phase of the batters inside the powerplay.

But once Shubman Gill broke the jail with a boundary and followed it up with an over boundary, the blue brigade flew with open wings. Suddenly, all the plans of the opposition went for a toss as Abhishek Sharma also started to whack the big shots from the other end of the surface. The latter drilled a huge six to end the fifth over of the innings against Mustafizur Rahman.

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But a shocking shot came on the second ball of the final powerplay over from Saifuddin. The bowler went full, but the southpaw converted it into a full toss and sliced it over the off-side to cross the rope. He continued the same aggressive brand of cricket and ended with three more boundaries from the over.

Watch: Abhishek Sharma nails flat boundary shocks fans during IND vs BAN Super 4 clash

Two balls later, Rishad Hossain dismissed Shubman Gill on 29 runs in 19 balls, who looked to nail the flighted delivery out of the ground but was caught at the long-off region as Tanzim Hasan Sakib grabbed a fine, well-judged catch to dismiss the Test captain of the Indian side. That was, however, the seventh successive time India crossed 60 runs inside the powerplay.

Six and four , abhishek sharma is smashing every bowler 💀 pic.twitter.com/XqMjdKWO9i

— junaid (@Junaid18018) September 24, 2025

Abhishek, soon with a single, notched up his half-century in just 25 balls. It was his third successive fifty in his event, having already done the milestone in the last two games against Oman and Pakistan.

But India again lost their second wicket in the form of Shivam Dube, who couldn’t time the ball and was dismissed for two runs in three balls. Abhishek nailed another six in the tenth over as they pused themselves to 91/2 in 9 overs, which was a good stage to get a huge score on the board. 

In the crucial India vs Bangladesh Super Fours match in the Asia Cup 2025 on Wednesday (September 24) night, Bangladesh stand-in captain Jaker Ali won the toss and chose to bowl first, as their skipper Litton Das is not playing.

As both India and Bangladesh won their first match in Super Fours, another victory will put them much ahead. While India will directly qualify for the Final with a win against Bangladesh, Bangladesh will move to the top spot in the Super Fours points table with a victory against India, but they still have to wait to secure their place for the tournament Final. 

Litton Das missing the match due to injury

Bangladesh captain Litton Das is missing from the crucial game against India. Last Tuesday (September 23), during the practice session, Litton Das got a blow to his left rib. He was down on the ground as the Bangladesh medical team quickly attended to him. He watched the complete practice from the sideline but didn't return to bat.  

At the toss before the match against India, Bangladesh's stand-in captain Jaker Ali confirmed that Litton Das is missing the match due to his injury. Apart from him, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, and Mahedi Hasan are missing this fixture. As the replacement, Parvez Hossain Emon, Rishad Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, and Tanzim Hasan Sakib have been included in the playing XI. 

Also, another important fact for the match is that Bangladesh will face Pakistan the next day, Thursday (September 25), which will be the last Super Fours fixture for both teams, and the victory can be must for both teams. 

Asia Cup 2025 (Super Fours): India vs Bangladesh Playing XIs

Bangladesh have a good chance to prove themselves among the best of the teams in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025, while they will play an important Super Fours match against India on Wednesday (September 24) at Dubai. However, the Tigers have suffered a big blow on the eve of their match against the unbeaten side in the tournament, India.

On Tuesday (September 23), during the practice session, Bangladesh captain Litton Das was injured as he got a blow to his left rib. He was on the ground while the medical team had to assist him as the BCB doctor and team physio checked him. Later, he was on the ground and watched the practice session, but didn't return to bat.  

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We will have a look at Litton Das today

While the Bangladesh captain seemed okay from the outside, the team management will take the final call after conducting a thorough medical assessment. 

A BCB official told Cricbuzz, "We will have a look at him (Litton) today because from outside he looks quite okay, but we need to conduct a medical assessment before making a final call."

Bangladesh captain Litton Das is in good form with the bat. He has scored 119 runs in four games in the Asia Cup 2025, including one half-century.  

Bangladesh need to win at least one more Super Fours game

Bangladesh haven't any official vice-captain for the Asia Cup 2025. So, it will be interesting to see who can lead the Bangladesh team if Litton Das misses the game against India. In fact, Bangladesh have back-to-back Super Fours matches against India and Pakistan on Wednesday and Thursday, where they need to win at least one game and maintain the net run rate in a better position. 

After finishing as the Group B runners-up in the group stage of the tournament, Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka in their first Super Fours match by four wickets with one ball remaining, as they successfully chased the 169-run target at Dubai. 

KL Rahul is set for a comeback into India's T20 International team for the Bangladesh tour in August 2025. His phenomenal comeback during the IPL 2025 campaign has impressed the selectors, making him very much in the running to get picked in the T20I and ODI teams for the series consisting of three matches each in the two formats. This will be India's and Bangladesh's first-ever bilateral T20I series played on Bangladeshi soil.

Rahul, who has played 72 T20Is for India and registered more than 2,200 runs, last turned up in the shortest format in the T20 World Cup semifinal against England in November 2022. Following a break from the T20 setup, his current form in the IPL has revived hopes of a comeback.

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Rahul’s IPL Heroics Fuel Hopes for Bangladesh Tour Comeback

In a standout IPL 2025 innings against Gujarat Titans, Rahul smashed an unbeaten 112 off just 65 balls, including 14 fours and 4 sixes. This inning also gave him the tag of the fastest Indian to score 8,000 T20 runs, completing the feat in only 224 innings, eclipsing the earlier record by Virat Kohli. In 11 matches till now in this IPL, Rahul has hit 493 runs with a strike rate of 148.04, including three half-centuries and a hundred. He has also adapted to opening from the middle-order successfully, which indicates how versatile he is.

Selectors are eager to name Rahul in the team, not only for the tour of Bangladesh but also keeping in mind the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup that will be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka. His steady performances make him a top bet for the national team in the future. The last team for the Bangladesh tour is likely to be announced very soon, and if Rahul continues his form, then his selection looks imminent. With senior batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli opting out of international cricket, Rahul's experience and leadership will play a pivotal role as India tries to shore up its batting order in T20Is.