By Faham Uddin

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Sunil Gavaskar mercilessly trolled the Pakistan cricket team after they suffered a brutal defeat to India in the Asia Cup match at the Dubai International Stadium. India are a far superior team, and were expected to win, but not many expected Pakistan to surrender like they did in Dubai. Opting to bat, Pakistan could only score 127-9, courtesy of a 40 by Sahibzada Farhan. At one point, the team looked like getting bowled out for less than a hundred, but a late blitz by Shaheen Afridi got the team to 127. Still, it was way below par, and India had no difficulty chasing the score. Abhishek Sharma set up the tone early with a fiery 13-ball 33, and Suryakumar Yadav finished the game with an unbeaten 47. ‘Ye Popatwadi Team Hai’ – Gavaskar On Pakistan Cricket TeamGavaskar, who played cricket against some of the best Pakistan cricketers, including Javed Miandad, Sarfaraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Zaheer Abbas and Mudassar Nazar, to name a few, and later watched Wasim Akram, Inzamam ul Haq, and Mohammad Yousuf dominate world cricket, was baffled by the lack of fighting spirt, and called the Pakistan team a side from Popatwadi. “I don’t know whether Ajay [Jadeja], Viru [Virender Sehwag] or Irfan [Pathan] agree with me, but I have been following the Pakistan team from the 1960s – I remember I had once run all the way from Churchgate Station to the Wankhede Stadium to catch a glimpse of the great Hanif Mohammad. From there, I have watched Pakistan cricket keenly. But today is the first time I felt that this is not a Pakistan team. Yeh koi Popatwadi team hai (This is some Popatwadi team),” Gavaskar said while speaking on the Sony Sports Network. When Will India-Pakistan Play Again?India dominated the first match in the Asia Cup, but Pakistan will have a chance to deliver an improved show when they meet India again on September 21. India have already qualified for the Super 4s, and if Pakistan beat UAE in the last game, they will also book a berth in the Super 4s, setting up another clash with India at the Dubai International Stadium.