It seemed only team was focused on the match during the India vs Pakistan game. Newsflash, it was the team that ended up winning the game in Dubai. Players from the losing team, Pakistan, were more focused on giving viral moments for social media.
Pakistan team’s questionable behavior
Take Sahibzada Farhan. The Pakistani opener pulled out a gun celebration after scoring his fifty, seemingly mocking victims of Pahalgam terror attack. Farhan ended up scoring 58 runs at an 128.89 strike rate. In contrast, Indian opener Abhishek Sharma scored 74 runs at 189.74. He too celebrated. You know what it was? An ‘L’ sign. Which he does to send love to his fans.
Shaheen Afridi abused Abhishek and Shubman Gill. The end result was 40/0 from 3.5 overs. And then comes Haris Rauf. The pacer was Pakistan’s best bowler, mocked Indian fans by bringing the recent skirmish between India and Pakistan. He enacted a common misbelief in Pakistan, that their air force knocked down 6 Indian jets and sustained no damage themselves.
In response, none of the Indian bowlers did anything. They didn’t even sledge Pakistan batter. Abhishek and Gill got into tiffs, but it was evident that Pakistani bowlers, Haris and Shaheen, were the ones who initiated them.
Team India unbothered by Haris Rauf’s conduct
India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate has praised his team for their conduct during the India vs Pakistan match and while he saw what Haris did, he says neither him nor the team care about what the pacer did.
“The amount of pressure that has been heaped on the players because of the situation, it’s very difficult to control your behaviour. I did some of the things Haris did, and that’s not our concern. We are really proud of how the guys carried themselves. They fought fire with their bats in the field. Other teams may have issues with some of the things we have done, but from our side, we are delighted with how our guys have carried themselves,” Ryan told reports in Dubai.
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