Asia Cup 2025: Sahibzada Farhan defends 'AK-47 celebration' comment after scoring fifty against India

• Sahibzada Farhan scored 58 off 45 balls against India in Asia Cup 2025.
• His AK-47 celebration after fifty sparked criticism from fans.
• Farhan said he didn’t care about others’ opinions and celebrated as he wanted.
• He emphasized the importance of aggressive cricket against every team.

Pakistan aims to fix its powerplay issues in the upcoming match against Sri Lanka.Pakistan batter Sahibzada Farhan played a key role in helping Pakistan post 171 runs against India in the Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 match on Sunday (21). The opener scored 58 runs from 45 balls before being dismissed by Indian all-rounder Shivam Dube.

While Farhan’s half-century gave Pakistan a good start, it was his celebration that grabbed everyone’s attention. After reaching fifty, he made an “AK-47” gun gesture, leaving many fans shocked and some criticizing the move.

Speaking to the media on Monday ahead of Pakistan’s second Super 4 match against Sri Lanka, Farhan said he was not bothered by the backlash.

"I think, if you talk about the sixes, you will see that (a lot) in the future. And that (celebration) was just a moment at that time. I do not do a lot of celebrations after scoring 50. But, it suddenly came to my mind that let's do a celebration today. I did that. I don't know how people will take it. I don't care about that. And the rest, you know, you should play aggressive cricket wherever you play. It doesn't need to be India. You should play aggressive cricket against every team, like we played today," Farhan said.

When asked about Pakistan’s plans against Sri Lanka, Farhan admitted that the team had been losing too many early wickets in recent games and needed to improve their powerplay batting.

"I think in the last few matches, what was missing was that we were not utilising powerplays well. We were given early wickets. It is important to use the powerplays well and also not give away wickets.

The way we played in power plays today, we did not give away early wickets. God willing, our power play was also very good as we scored 90-something runs in 10 overs. We did collapse in the middle, but we will rectify it," he said.