IND vs PAK Live: \u2018Decision by Govt. is correct\u2019<\/p>\n
India and Pakistan are set to lock horns in their first Super Four clash of the Asia Cup 2025 today in Dubai, with the fixture attracting attention both on and off the field. Former India cricketer Kiran More weighed in on the controversy surrounding the high-profile encounter, dismissing critics of the fixture.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026Several people have criticised India vs Pakistan matches. Had this been a bilateral series between India and Pakistan, then there would have been an issue. But this is Asia Cup\u2026 You have to play these matches. So, the decision taken by the Govt. is correct,\u201d More said.<\/p>\n
India enter the clash with momentum, having convincingly beaten Pakistan in the group stage. In that match, India chased 128 runs with seven wickets in hand, with spinner Kuldeep Yadav claiming 3\/18 to earn \u2018Player of the Match\u2019 honours. <\/p>\n
Yet, the off-field drama drew more attention, as skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube walked off without shaking hands, dedicating the win to Indian armed forces and victims of the Pahalgam terror attack.<\/p>\n
Pakistan\u2019s frustration continued, with skipper Salman Agha skipping the post-match presentation and the PCB filing a complaint against match referee Pycroft. <\/p>\n
More emphasised that the Asia Cup context justified the fixture, despite all off-field controversies. <\/p>\n
With India expected to continue their dominant brand of cricket, the pressure remains on Pakistan, whose unpredictable T20 side may seek to use the tensions as motivation for a stronger performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IND vs PAK Live: \u2018Decision by Govt. is correct\u2019 India and Pakistan are set to lock horns in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-158572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}