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‘Pakistan Begged…’ Fans Roast Rizwan, Babar And Co After Big Defeat To New Zealand

Aakash Saini

Fans roast Pakistan team [Source: @Imkks_Rana121, @IPL2025Auction/x]Fans roast Pakistan team [Source: @Imkks_Rana121, @IPL2025Auction/x]

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Pakistan’s ambitious 2025 ICC Champions Trophy hosting plans started off on an anti-climactic note, considering the ‘Men in Green’ slumped to a huge 60-run larruping in front of their home crowd in the opening match of the tournament. Chasing 321 runs against New Zealand, Mohammad Rizwan’s troops folded up for just 260 in 47.2 overs at the National Stadium in Karachi.

As one can expect, Pakistan’s underwhelming outing on the field paved way to a slew of some hilarious social media trolling, with several fans also singling out senior batter Babar Azam for his sluggish approach in a daunting run-chase.

Fans roast Pakistan team for big loss to NZ

Pakistan lost the opening match of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy to New Zealand in Karachi on Wednesday, February 19. Chasing 321 runs for a win, senior batter Babar Azam took a questionable approach by taking 90 balls to score just 64, and even reached his half-century from the 81st delivery of his innings.

While netizens took to X to post some hilarious memes at the expense of the Pakistan cricket team, several fans also singled out Babar Azam, with some claiming that the legendary Pakistani batter jeopardized his team’s run-chase by playing a “selfish knock”.

Take A Look At The Twitter Reactions

“Player of the match #BabarAzam” – @Imkks_Rana121

“Lord Babar” – @IPL2025Auction

“Pakistan begged for a home ICC event and now lost the opening game of that tournament...LMAO...” – @Pora_Babu

“Pakistan is very good Team they just need to improve their batting,bowling, fielding & Captaincy.” – @Bruffen18

“Pakistan ki har ma "Babar Azam" ka kitna role ha?” – @NAQIB_AFGHANI

PAK vs NZ: As it happened

Batting first, New Zealand racked up 320 runs on the board with centuries from opening batter Will Young and unbeaten wicketkeeper Tom Latham. Glenn Phillips also whacked 61 swift runs from just 39 balls to provide the slog-overs impetus to the New Zealand team.

In response, Pakistan crumbled out for just 260 in 47.2 overs, with Khushdil Shah waging his team’s lone rebellion during the dying stages of the match by blasting 69 from just 49 balls. Senior man Babar Azam scored a questionable 64 from 90 balls, and captain Mohammad Rizwan made just three in the innings.

For New Zealand, Will O’Rourke and captain Mitchell Santner both collected three wickets each in the match, and received timely assistance from Matt Henry, Michael Bracewell and Nathan Smith.