Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Irfan Pathan Revives Sunday Joke After India Rout Pakistan
India and Pakistan played a women’s cricket match in the Asia Cup.
India’s bowlers dismissed Pakistan’s team for only 55 runs.
This was Pakistan’s lowest score in a women’s T20 international.
Sree Charani and Prema Rawat each took three wickets for India.
India then needed only 56 runs to win.
Pakistan took three Indian wickets, but India still reached the target in 8.4 overs.
Harmanpreet Kaur finished the chase with a four and a six.
After the match, former cricketer Irfan Pathan posted a joke asking if it was Sunday, referring to earlier India-Pakistan banter.
India defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in their Women’s Asia Cup 2026 Group A match in Dubai on September 5.
Pakistan were bowled out for 55 in 18.1 overs, their lowest-ever total in women’s T20 internationals.
Sree Charani and Prema Rawat took three wickets each, while Deepti Sharma claimed two dismissals.
India chased the target of 56 in 8.4 overs despite losing three wickets.
Irfan Pathan posted “Aaj Sunday hai kya?” on X, reviving a joke linked to India’s earlier Sunday victories over Pakistan.
- Who
- India and Pakistan’s women’s cricket teams; former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan also featured through his X post.
- What
- India defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in a Women’s Asia Cup 2026 Group A match.
- When
- September 5, 2026; India’s first semifinal was scheduled for September 10.
- Where
- Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- Why
- India bowled Pakistan out for 55 before chasing 56, while Pathan used the result to revive his earlier Sunday-themed joke about Pakistan.
- Match
- India vs Pakistan, Women’s Asia Cup 2026 Group A
- Result
- India won by seven wickets
- Pakistan innings
- 55 all out in 18.1 overs
- India chase
- 56 runs in 8.4 overs for the loss of three wickets
- Leading Indian bowlers
- Sree Charani and Prema Rawat took three wickets each
- Pathan’s post
- “Aaj Sunday hai kya?” (“Is it Sunday today?”)
- Tournament position
- India’s third consecutive win in the Women’s Asia Cup 2026
