By: Express News ServiceSeptember 29, 2025 03:22 PM IST 3 min readIND vs PAK: India's Abhishek Sharma confronts Pakistan's Haris Rauf during the Asia Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. (AP Photo)Pakistan had 147 runs to defend in the Asia Cup final but their fast bowler Haris Rauf alone gave away 50 of those in his four overs. His last there, in particular, proved too costly as Tilak Verma and Shivam Dube targeted him. Angry voices have emerged in Pakistan about his bowling.The former batsman Mohammad Yousuf didn’t even seem surprised that Haris Rauf ended up leaking so many runs.“We have to understand Haris Rauf – how many matches he has blown away at the end (“marwaa diya”). He shouldn’t be bowling the end overs. You remember the past world cups – har jagah isney maar khaayi hai (he has been smashed everywhere) … If he had bowled better, the scenario would have been different,” Yousuf said on Samaa TV.A similar sentiment was shared by Kamran Akmal. “Haris Rauf doesn’t win the big games. We all remember the Melbourne game (when Kohli hit Rauf for two sixes). The captain has to understand which bowler needs to be used in such situations. We are not learning, keep making mistakes,” Akmal told ARY News.Also Read | Asia Cup | BCCI secy Devajit Saikia to Pak board chief Mohsin Naqvi: ‘Return Trophy and medals as soon as possible’Kamran’s co-panellist Tauseef Ahmed, former Pakistan offspinner, went one step further. “We say anything can happen in cricket. But why do such things only happen to Haris Rauf in cricket? We have other bowlers who are outside. Stop the stories of franchise cricket. End franchise’s influence. Only Haris Rauf could have done this. Not Hasan Ali or another youngster. We also have been hit in our time, but not every time like this.”Only 13 runs had come in three overs from spinners before Pakistan’s captain Salman Agha brought in Haris Rauf for the crucial 15th over, replacing Saim Ayub. Rauf gave away 17 runs as India seized the momentum.Also Read | Asian cricket chief Mohsin Naqvi’s provocative social media reposts one of the reasons for India cricketers refusing to accept trophy from himFormer fast bowler Mohammad Amir called that move a “huge mistake”. It was a huge mistake to give Rauf that over. The spinners had created a momentum towards you. But they removed the spinner Saim and brought in the fast bowler Rauf, and that changed the momentum completely. No doubt he is your wicket-taking bowler, but that situation demanded spinners to be bowled. You wouldn’t have lost this game. Shaheen and Faheem had bowled so well in the powerplay,” Amir said on his YouTube channel.Story continues below this adFormer captain Rashid Latif too called out that move by Salman Agha. “Haris Rauf shouldn’t have bowled that over. Abrar Ahmed should have bowled that and when he came back, he had to change ends. That’s very important for a spinner. Saim could have bowled, we never gave Mohammad Nawaz,” Rashid said on Geo News.Stay updated with the latest sports news across Cricket, Football, Chess, and more. Catch all the action with real-time live cricket score updates and in-depth coverage of ongoing matches.© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Asia CupHaris Rauf