The 25-year-old Pakistan Nationwide Cricket Staff bowler Sufiyan Muqeem embarrassed himself and his complete crew as he displayed a shocking gesture after the India Nationwide Cricket Staff tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah dismissed him.
The India Nationwide Cricket Staff and the Pakistan Nationwide Cricket Staff are locking horns with one another within the greatest match of the Asia Cup 2025 on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium.
Sufiyan Muqeem hits a number of boundaries in opposition to Jasprit Bumrah
Tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah returned to bowl his fourth and last over of the match within the nineteenth over when the rating of Pakistan was 99/8.
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Bumrah began off the over with a no-ball, and Shaheen Afridi took a single to carry Sufiyan Muqeem on the strike. Then, Muqeem shocked everybody together with his strokeplay as he hit a few boundaries in opposition to the premier pacer.
On the precise first ball of the over, Muqeem backed off to a full supply from Bumrah and drove it in direction of the left of mid-off for a boundary.
Sufiyan Muqeem adopted it up with one other boundary over the backward level as he smashed a brief supply outdoors off-stump from the pacer for 4.
Nonetheless, Jasprit Bumrah confirmed Sufiyan Muqeem his place by destroying his stumps on the ultimate ball of the over. On the sixth ball, Bumrah bowled a 137 kmph low full toss on the stumps, and Muqeem tried to play it previous quick wonderful leg, however he missed the road and noticed his stumps getting rattled.
After getting out for 10 runs, Sufiyan Muqeem embarrassed himself and his complete nation by passing on a smile.
Watch: Jasprit Bumrah lands a killer blow, however Sufiyan Muqeem smiles
Bumrah hai toh sab kuch 𝐌̶𝐮̶𝐪̶𝐞̶𝐞̶𝐦̶ mumkin hai 👌
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I feel it is a good alternative for all of them – Wahab Riaz on Pakistan
Talking forward of the match on ESPNCricinfo, the previous cricketer Wahab Riaz stated that the younger Pakistan crew would have a degree to show in opposition to India. He stated:
“See, it’s good from the Pakistan perspective, clearly, it will be a really strain sport for each the groups, particularly for Pakistan. However I imagine the sort of mixture Pakistan have proper now, they’ve loads of kids and so they actually needed to show a degree that they’re, you already know, they’re good and that is why they’re making it to the crew.
“So, for me, I feel it is a good alternative for all of them. And it’ll even be due to the brand new faces, India goes to bowl them for the primary time or they’re going to bowl India for the primary time. So, I feel it is going to be an thrilling context, to be very sincere.”
He had additionally urged Pakistan to play the categorical pacer Haris Rauf in opposition to India, however the Salman Agha-led crew denied his options and employed the spin-heavy strategy.
“For me, I feel they need to embody Haris Rauf. They want one other pacer in opposition to India as a result of India has been distinctive in opposition to the spin bowling and we all know they’re very damaging, the batsmen are very damaging. So, I imagine that there needs to be one of many essential quick bowlers has to return again. You can’t completely rely upon these 4 spinners in opposition to India. I might by no means go like that and that is what I feel. So, they need to embody a quick bowler as an alternative of one of many spinners,” Wahab Riaz stated.
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