{"id":152239,"date":"2025-09-22T02:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T02:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/152239\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T02:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T02:08:06","slug":"indias-secret-weapon-11-players-and-three-umpires-say-pakistan-cricket-team-fans-comment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/152239\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s secret weapon? 11 players and three umpires, say Pakistan cricket team fans – Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to Pakistan cricket, hope springs eternal \u2014 until India shows up. After last week\u2019s disastrous defeat<\/a>, many were praying for redemption in the Asia Cup clash. What they got instead was another heartbreak, a sprinkle of controversial umpiring, and plenty of memes to keep the nation laughing through the pain.<\/p>\n

India won<\/a> by six wickets after Pakistan made 171 runs in their second high-intensity encounter of the men\u2019s Asia Cup in Dubai.<\/p>\n

What really sent fans over the edge this time was Fakhar Zaman\u2019s dismissal. Replays showed the ball had clearly bounced before reaching the keeper, but the third umpire gave it out anyway. For many, it was the defining moment of the match \u2014 not just another wicket lost, but proof that the umpires might as well be wearing blue jerseys too.<\/p>\n

Pakistani fans on X, as always, found a way to cope \u2014 whether by owning the loss, throwing shade, or reminding everyone that at least we\u2019re still leading in the looks + humour + shooting-down-jets department.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re better in looks anyway\u2019<\/p>\n

One user summed up the collective coping mechanism in a single post: why fight the inevitable when you can just highlight your other strengths?<\/p>\n

Others were far more gracious than usual, tipping their hats to India for playing the better game.<\/p>\n

And then, of course, came the quintessential Pakistani reassurance:<\/p>\n

Turns out, even therapy couldn\u2019t save us<\/p>\n

The result was the same \u2014 heartbreak for fans who keep going back like it\u2019s a toxic relationship.<\/p>\n

Fakhar Zaman and the mysterious laws of cricket<\/p>\n

Fans were furious, accusing the umpires of padding India\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n

And in true Pakistani fashion, they came up with new rules to level the playing field.<\/p>\n

Death overs = dot overs<\/p>\n

As if the controversial umpiring wasn\u2019t enough, fans were quick to point out that our middle batting lineup once again folded under pressure.<\/p>\n

Rana Faheem Ashraf, the lone warrior<\/p>\n

While most of the batting lineup seemed determined to hand wickets away, one man decided he wasn\u2019t ready to give up \u2014 Rana Faheem Ashraf. Fans hailed him as the only silver lining in an otherwise gloomy match.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, it\u2019s the same old story.<\/p>\n

Pakistan vs India matches may be billed as the greatest rivalry in cricket, but for fans here, they\u2019re just a test of patience, humour, and loyalty. And as always, X timelines will remain undefeated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to Pakistan cricket, hope springs eternal \u2014 until India shows up. After last week\u2019s disastrous…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-152239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}