IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2025 Super 4: What did Pakistan captain Salman Agha say about his team's performance after the loss to India? What did Player of Match Abhishek Sharma said?
IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2025 Super 4: After losing to India in the Super Four match of the Asia Cup, Pakistan captain Salman Agha spoke about his team's performance.
Answering questions from reporters at a press conference, Salman Agha said that his team should have scored more than 180 runs given the start they got.
Salman Agha said, "Given the start we got in the first 10 overs, I think we should have scored 10-15 runs more. But batting after 10 overs here isn't easy, so even 170 was a challenging score."
The Pakistani captain also spoke about his team's bowling and fielding.
In response to a question, he said, "You can say we didn't field very well, but we had a good start with the bat. We couldn't finish well. And we didn't start well with the ball, but we still finished well."
Pakistan suffered its second consecutive defeat against India in the Asia Cup. Batting first, Pakistan scored 171 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs.
The Indian team won the match in the 19th over. Abhishek Sharma, who scored 74 runs in 39 balls, was named Player of the Match.
What Abhishek Sharma said about the Pakistani players
Abhishek Sharma scored the highest runs for India in the Super Four match of the Asia Cup 2025. He was named Player of the Match. Abhishek scored 74 runs in 39 balls, including five sixes.
After the match, Abhishek Sharma said, "I didn't like the way they (Pakistani players) were coming at us without any reason. That's why I batted like that."
In fact, when the Indian team came out to bat in the second innings, an argument emerged between Abhishek Sharma and Pakistani player Harris Rauf.
India had won the toss and decided to bowl first. Pakistan scored 171 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Sahibzada Farhan scored the highest 58 runs.
Chasing the target of 172 runs, the Indian team won in the 19th over. Apart from Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill scored 47 and Tilak Verma scored 30 runs.