Image: India beat Pakistan in the final for their 9th title / © ESPNcricinfo
The stage was set for the Asia Cup 2025 final, as India and Pakistan faced each other for the third time in the final. Pakistan, which looked strong at the start of both innings, still ended up losing the game by 5 wickets, allowing India to win its 9th Asia Cup title.
| India vs Pakistan, Final, Dubai | |
|---|---|
| Pakistan: 146 (19.1 Overs) | India: 150/5 (19.4 Overs) |
| Sahibzada Farhan: 57 (38) | Tilak Varma: 69* (53) |
| Kuldeep Yadav: 4/30 | Faheem Ashraf: 3/29 |
| India Won by 5 Wickets | |
When Pakistan had taken three wickets at the score of 20, it seemed almost impossible for the Indian team to secure a win. But from that point, Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube showcased their heroics to ensure that Pakistan didn’t end up securing a win over India in the Asia Cup. With Pakistan losing once again, a meme war has started on Twitter.
The Pakistani bowler Abrar Ahmed was known for his send off, where he just tells the batsman to walk to the pavilion after taking his wicket. In the final clash, Ahmed was just able to take a wicket, and even in the pavilion, he stood there watching Pakistan’s middle order being trembled quickly.
After the match had ended, Indian players, including Jitesh Sharma, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, and Sanju Samson, made a video of themselves doing the Abrar Ahmed celebration. This was a great way for the team to mock the Pakistani line-up, and they indirectly told them to go back to the pavilion.
When India and Pakistan faced each other in the Super Fours clash, Haris Rauf was seen showing the 6-0 gesture to the Indian fans. This was to claim that six Indian jets were turned down by the Pakistani air force. But there is no clear video evidence to date that proves the same.
However, with India’s win over Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025 final, India has extended its winning streak over Pakistan to 8-0. Along with that, the team also maintained a 3-0 record over them in the current Asia Cup. To this, a famous Twitter page created a meme by saying that the Indian team has proof of 8-0 and 3-0.
Haris Rauf did a number of celebrations in the Asia Cup 2025, and most of them came against India. Whether it was flying the jet planes and crashing them, to even sledging the Indian players, Rauf celebrated more than he performed in the tournament.
This eventually paid him off in the final clash, as he went on to complete his half-century. But his fifty didn’t come with the bat. It came with the ball as he alone conceded 50 runs in the 147-run chase. This made it clear that in the Asia Cup 2025, Haris Rauf tops the charts only when it comes to celebrations, but not when it comes to performance.
Shahid Afridi, the former Pakistani cricketer, seemed to be ready that this time Pakistan would be able to defeat India in the final. In May, when Trump announced the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, the Pakistani people thought it was their victory over the Indians. Amidst this, Shahid Afridi also took out a rally with the Pakistan fans for them.
When India defeated Pakistan in the finals, which was seen by millions of fans on Live television, a few fans might even think that Afridi would be off for a victory parade. Surely Pakistan looked strong at one point in the game. It would have been a lot earlier for Afridi to take the fans to his own victory parade.
In the final match between India and Pakistan at the Asia Cup 2025, it seems that the scenario of Operation Sindoor would have been recreated. During Operation Sindoor, the Brahmos Missile was able to devastate the Noor Khan Airbase, and proof of the same has been seen worldwide.
However, in the Asia Cup 2025 finals, Tilak Varma took the role of Brahmos Missile and turned down Haris Rauf (Noor Khan Airbase in this case). Rauf tried his best to get some wickets, but it was surely not his day, as he went against the Brahmos Missile of the Indian cricket team. This might also be the reason Rauf was spotted lying down on the ground for some time.
The Pakistani pacer, Haris Rauf, has not been at his best over the past few years. He has also lost his place as a consistent bowler in the Pakistani team, following his downfall. But only a few fans know where his real downfall started. And it was during the match between India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2022.
Virat Kohli smashed two consecutive sixes against Rauf while India was chasing 28 off 8 balls. Rauf, who looked strong throughout that day, ended up being brutalised by Virat Kohli. And this downfall of Rauf continued once again as he faced India in the Asia Cup final, this time without Kohli. But Tilak Varma seemed to have taken his place, showcasing that Rauf has not been the same since Kohli’s Shot of the Century.
The Pakistani cricket team has been known for having some strong speedsters in its team. Even in the Asia Cup 2025 final, the team played with two of the fastest bowlers, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf. Cricketers worldwide have praised the speed of the Pakistani bowlers, but the speed is not always what is needed as a bowler.
Even when their bowlers bowled above 140 km p/h, the Indian youngsters were able to bash them without any issues. To this, the meme of Pakistani fans has been created by fans on Twitter, with the fans shouting that they have pace. But now their pace doesn’t matter, as they do not have the trophy of the Asia Cup 2025.
Over the past few years, watching the matches between India and Pakistan has not been interesting for the fans. With the Pakistani team failing to perform against India in every game, India can lead one-sidedly in this rivalry. Moreover, in the Asia Cup 2025, India ended up with 3 wins over Pakistan.
All the wins have surely been humiliating for Pakistan, as they lost to the arch-rivals without even putting up a fight. To this, a Twitter user created a meme of the Pakistani team protesting on the ground. The team held boards which read “Dear ICC, Please Stop Live Telecast. It’s too embarrassing.”
The Indian armed forces have already been successful in two operations they have done against Pakistan and the attackers of the Pahalgam attack. First, it was Operation Sindoor, which targeted the terror camps in the country, and it came as a big blow to the Pakistanis. Later, the army also conducted Operation Mahadev to kill the attackers of the Pahalgam attack.
But the Indian team has launched another successful operation, this time on the cricket field. It was Operation Tilak, led by Tilak Varma, as he alone changed the game towards the Indian team’s favour. From 20/3 to chasing down the score with 2 balls left, Varma ensured that the Pakistani team wouldn’t go with the trophy.
When we said that people unleashed a meme fest on Twitter, we were definitely not wrong, as this meme should be given the best meme award for the India and Pakistan match. In the meme, it is showcased that the Western Toilet is the place where everyone goes and gets some relief.
But for the Pakistani team, they get the relief of a bathroom from the cricket ground. This was a great way to showcase how the team has been able to create the reasons for its own downfall as they end up losing the game, which was already in their hand.
The Pakistani armed forces were not able to perform well against India in the war that took place between the two countries in May 2025. But their Prime Minister was so confident that he must have forgotten how to pronounce correctly. At various occasions, he called the Pakistan armed forces Pakistan Aand Forces.
This must have been a serious pronunciation error at first, but he didn’t seem to correct it and continued calling the armed forces in this manner. After the team lost its match against India in the Asia Cup 2025 final, the fans created a meme telling how the Pakistani Aand Forces and Aand Cricket team went down against India.