{"id":9227,"date":"2025-09-28T21:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T15:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=641952"},"modified":"2025-09-28T21:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T15:30:55","slug":"asia-cup-final-2025-netizens-slam-suryakumar-yadav-for-handing-the-ball-to-tilak-varma-in-high-stakes-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/asia-cup-final-2025-netizens-slam-suryakumar-yadav-for-handing-the-ball-to-tilak-varma-in-high-stakes-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Cup Final 2025: Netizens slam Suryakumar Yadav for handing the ball to Tilak Varma in high-stakes final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"520\">In a move that caught fans off guard, India captain Suryakumar Yadav turned to part-time spinner Tilak Varma to bowl in the Asia Cup 2025 final against Pakistan. With Pakistan cruising past 100 inside 12 overs, Varma was surprisingly introduced into the attack, leaving many baffled by the decision in such a high-pressure game.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"845\">Social media quickly lit up with reactions. One fan wrote, <em data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"652\">\u201cUnexpected move by captain Surya. Tilak Varma bowling in the final?\u201d<\/em> while another mocked, <em data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"733\">\u201cWe made India bowl Tilak Varma, another moral victory.\u201d<\/em> Some even compared the youngster to a legend, saying, <em data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"843\">\u201cTilak Varma mai Shane Warne dikh raha kya Surya ko?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">Tilak Varma chalo over nikal to Diya shi!!\ud83e\udd17<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvsPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvsPAK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvPAK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsiaCup2025?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AsiaCup2025<\/a> \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc26 (@the_carpdiem1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_carpdiem1\/status\/1972322726619808055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tilak Varma bowling it\u2019s clear sign of no proper planning and just overconfidence before match \ud83e\udee1\ud83e\udee1\ud83e\udee1\ud83d\ude1c\ud83d\ude1c\ud83d\ude1c<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvsPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvsPAK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 xGrok (@x_grok88) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/x_grok88\/status\/1972322499414405443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nah this is a joke, 1 wicket down in 12 overs is exactly what you expect when you pick 5 bowlers and 5th being Dube and bowl Tilak Varma in a final..<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prashanth (@ps_it_is) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ps_it_is\/status\/1972322388365984016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\">Tilak Varma bowling? \ud83e\udd72\ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\udf3b TS12 (@Peroneal_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Peroneal_\/status\/1972322330958606489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"847\" data-end=\"1075\">Critics argued that with Hardik Pandya already ruled out, India should have relied on their frontline bowlers rather than experimenting. Others questioned the timing, with Pakistan\u2019s batters well-set and attacking confidently.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1246\">For now, the gamble is being viewed as a risky call that could either backfire badly or turn into a masterstroke \u2014 depending on how Varma performs under the spotlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move that caught fans off guard, India captain Suryakumar Yadav turned to part-time spinner Tilak Varma to bowl\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":391,"featured_media":31919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}