3 min learnFeb 16, 2026 03:47 PM IST
Earlier than the beginning of the a lot anticipated India-Pakistan match, the dialog was round how the Indian bowling line-up consisting of Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Hardik Pandya, and others will fare towards Pakistan’s batting line-up.
Nevertheless, the dominance of Indian bowlers was such that Pakistan struggled to face pacers and spinners alike shedding wickets at common intervals.
With the frontline bowlers doing their job and Pakistan reeling at 78 for six within the twelfth over, Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav turned to his part-time bowler Tilak Varma. And to rub salt within the wound of the Pakistani workforce, Tilak obtained a wicket on the primary ball getting Shadab Khan caught off Shivam Dube making it 78 for 7.
Pakistani specialists and journalists noticed the transfer as an insult to the standing of Pakistan cricket workforce. After bowling Tilak. Surya additionally referred to as in Rinku Singh to bowl one over the place he conceded 9 runs.
Reacting to Surya’s transfer of calling part-timers, former Pakistani cricketer Basit Ali mentioned,” Surya ne jo sabse jor se tamacha mara hai na, jab usne Rinku aur Tilak Varma ko bowling karayi hai (Surya has slapped laborious by bowling Tilak Varma and Rinku Singh).”
“That is the worth of Pakistan’s cricket. I’m not speaking about Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah or Varun Chakaravarthy,” he added on the Recreation On Hai the place he seems together with former wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal.
Equally on one other present names Dug Out the place former Pakistani cricketera Imad Wasim, Sohail Tanvir, Azhar Ali, and Azhar Mahmood seem often, the host of the present displayed the same emotion as Basit Ali relating to Surya’s transfer of bowling part-timers.
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“They’ve embarassed us right this moment by bowling Rinku Singh. It’s like they needed everybody to bowl,” host Shazad Khan mentioned.
When Tilak got here to bowl on the thirteenth over, the match was kind of finished.
Cricket author Jarrod Kimber famous in his video on YouTube,” When Tilak Varma obtained the ball, Pakistan’s possibilities had been lower than 1%. And sure, there have been some cricketing causes to convey him on. Spin was doing nicely. Pakistan had used a load of them themselves, after all. And so having somebody who can bowl just a little little bit of part-time spin at that time is smart. Nevertheless it’s additionally fairly humorous if you’re bringing on a bowler who has three wickets in 42 T20Is to bowl in a sport like this. It could possibly solely ever imply two issues: you’ve fully gained the sport, otherwise you’ve fully misplaced the sport. And on this one for India, it clearly meant the previous.”