During the tense Super Four stage of the Asia Cup 2025, Pakistan Pacer Haris Rauf took the headlines for more than just his bowling, causing the heads to run with a bold gesture on the border that set fire to social media.
While patroling the border during India’s innings, Rauf responded to Jers from some Indian spectators with a hand gesture that immediately attracted attention.
Rauf, who stood there on the border, lifted his fingers to show “0-6” and then, in a kind of dramatic hand movement, as if he was flying up and then crashed.
Of course everyone who looked immediately thought of the great victory of Pakistan Air Force in May, the one where six Indian jets, mostly French Rafales, were reportedly removed in a historic air struggle.
It is not surprising that the clip spread like an ongoing fire on social media. Pakistani fans jumped on it and called it bold, brutal, even a bit glorious. Indian fans, on the other hand, were furious and typed their anger faster than a T20 run speed.
This again proves something that everyone who looks too good knows: in the rivalry between India-Pakistan nothing remains small.
No border, no gesture, not even a shoulder picking. Everything can explode in a heartbeat in the headlines.
Handshake -contro trovers lingers
The confrontation of Sunday between India and Pakistan closed with more frost than friendship, because players left again without the usual handshake after the game.
India successfully chased a 172-run target to beat Pakistan by six wickets in the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Sanju Samson and Hardik Pandya scored the winning points in the penultimate. Neither Indian nor Pakistani players stepped forward to shake hands.
The absence of the traditional handshake at the end of the game has attracted attention, whereby observers point to a lack of sportiness and gestricity between the two arch rivals.
Neither of the teams offered clarification, but the incident underlined the persistent tension around one of the brightest rivalry of Cricket.
