Whereas Pakistan could have misplaced the high-stakes Asia Cup conflict towards India in Dubai, the Pakistani nation didn’t appear to surrender simply but and invoked their humour to recover from yet one more cricket defeat.
Pakistani batters faltered towards India’s bowling line-up, and the Inexperienced Shirts managed to place up a meagre 127 runs on the board within the 20-over match. In response, India chased the goal in 15.5 overs with seven wickets remaining.
Some Pakistanis recalled former skippers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan — absent from the squad — whereas others criticised the Males in Inexperienced’s poor batting as they vented their frustration.
Pakistan did have their moments within the match — Sahibzada Farhan turned the primary Pakistani batter to hit Jasprit Bumrah for a six, and Saim Ayub gained an undesirable file after a duck. The left-handed opener marked his seventh duck in T20Is, which drew him degree with Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, and Kamran Akmal.
However because the match didn’t go in Pakistan’s favour, what may the Pakistani social media customers do to spice up their moods? Effectively, they remembered Might’s four-day warfare by which Islamabad downed six Indian jets.
In April, a terrorist assault occurred in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, and India blamed Pakistan for the assault — allegations that Islamabad denies. Following that, India launched an assault on Pakistan, which was met with a befitting response.
The Pakistani armed forces not solely shot down Indian drones that got here into Pakistani territory, destroyed their examine posts on the border, but in addition shot down their fighter jets, together with the French-made Rafale.
All through the match, Pakistanis posted actively on X, with many drawing consolation by referencing the Might warfare.
“Our nationwide sport is downing Indian jets. 6-0,” posted an X consumer.
One other stated: “6-0 continues to be a lot worse than 6-2. WE ARE CLEAR.”
Farhad posed: “For Pakistan, the actual 6–0 isn’t on the cricket discipline – it’s within the skies. Six Indian jets down. That’s the scoreline historical past will always remember.”
“I don’t settle for any match; Pakistan’s actual victory was 6-0,” a social media consumer added.
A consumer additionally wished to settle down Indians: “Chill out India, it’s simply cricket, not a warfare. In any other case you already know the rating: 6-0.”
“Indians, it doesn’t matter what, the rating line continues to be 6-0. Okay,” a consumer added.
A dissatisfied consumer added: “We had one job and that was to not give India smthn after the 6-0 however okay.”
