The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lauded Jasprit Bumrah’s fitting response to Haris Rauf’s ‘aeroplane’ celebration during the historic first Asia Cup final between India and Pakistan on Sunday night.

India won the match by five wickets. It was a closely contested game, going to the last over, with Tilak Varma’s unbeaten half-century and Kuldeep Yadav’s four wickets being the highlights.

The standout moment of the night came at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, where Jasprit Bumrah lit up the crowd by “downing an aircraft" — mimicking a plane crash — after cleaning up Haris Rauf in the penultimate over.

Bumrah delivered a scorching yorker that shattered Rauf’s off stump in the penultimate over. After the wicket, Bumrah gestured a crashing plane in a send-off to Rauf that went viral

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