Haris Rauf provokes India again with plane crash gesture despite ICC fine during IND vs PAK; 'ab ghar me plane udayega'

Despite a fine by the International Cricket Council (ICC) a few days ago for his plane crash gesture, Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf repeated the same again in the final of the Asia Cup 2025 against India. Rauf's gesture might came probably came as a revenge after Indian counterpart Jasprit Bumrah gestured the same in the first innings. Bumrah gesture a dipping flight crash after getting the better of Rauf.

In a viral video, Rauf's reaction came after he took a simple catch to sent Abhishek Sharma packing in the second over. The Indian opener, who had been in a form of his life, tried to go over the top but it went up only for Rauf to take a simple catch at mid-on. Rauf was fined 30 percent of his match fees after his similar gesture during the Super 4 fixture.

However, Rauf's gesture didn't go well with the fans as many called the Pakistan pacer the joker. This Haris Rauf is such a shameless person. Just a while ago, Jasprit Bumrah showed him his true place, and India has badly defeated them in the last two matches—yet look at his shamelessness. #INDvsPAK. Once joker always a joker @HarisRauf14," one user said.

Meanwhile, India defeated Pakistan for the third time in the tournament to lift the Asia Cup title for the ninth time. Chasing

Riding on Tilak Varma's incredible half-century, fancied India beat Pakistan by five wickets in the summit showdown to win their second Asia Cup title in the T20 format here on Sunday.

India bowled out Pakistan for a modest 146 and then chased down the target of 147 with two balls remaining.

Varma smashed an unbeaten 69 in 53 balls, while Shivam Dube contributed a breezy 22-ball 33 during a vital 60-run partnership for the fifth wicket.

Earlier, Kuldeep Yadav was the star of the show with excellent figures of 4/30 in four overs, while fellow spinners Varun Chakaravarthy (2/30), Axar Patel (2/26) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/25) were also among the wickets after India opted to bowl first.

Sent in, Pakistan were well-served by the opening duo of Sahibzada Farhan (57 off 38 balls) and Fakhar Zaman (46 off 35 balls), who stitched together 84 runs in under 10 overs to lay the foundation for a big total.

However, the Indian spin trio of Varun, Kuldeep and Axar suddenly picked up a few wickets to quickly tighten the screws on Pakistan, who lost their last nine wickets for just 33 runs.

This was India's third victory over Pakistan in this edition of the continental event after winning in the league and Super 4s stages.