'Think before you speak': IITian Baba’s India-Pakistan forecast falls flat, Internet reacts

IITian Baba aka Abhay Singh found himself at the epicenter of relentless online mockery after his bold prediction about Indiarsquos loss to Pakistan in the Champions Trophy 2025 spectacularly backfired Prior to the highstakes clash he had confidently proclaimed that Rohit Sharmarsquos squad would falter and that Virat Kohli would have little to no impact Reality however had other plansIndia dismantled Pakistan with a commanding sixwicket victory in Dubai spearheaded by Kohlirsquos magnificent matchwinning century reducing IITian Babarsquos prophecy to mere wishful thinking As the Men in Blue cruised to victory social media erupted with a barrage of memes and witty jabs ruthlessly trolling the selfstyled cricket forecaster The floodgates of sarcasm burst open as netizens flooded platforms with relentless digs at IITian Babarsquos misfire Yet despite the avalanche of ridicule he remains tightlipped leaving the internet to revel in its collective amusement at his expenseKya bol raha tha IITian baba pictwittercomx7ts2rsaibmdash Sagar sagarcasm February 23 2025IITianBaba changed colors like a chameleonBefore the match he predicted that India will lose to PakistanNow hes claiming all predictions are fake amp no one should believe themGlad these fake babas exposing themselves INDvsPAK ViratKohlipictwittercomql2P2ZM15Ymdash Veena Jain DrJain21 February 24 2025 iit IITianBaba pictwittercomczeXKvgXbMmdash Kuldeep Gaur kuldeepgaurBjp February 23 2025Think before you speak donrsquot understand estimate Indian cricket teamNow nobody will trust you fakebabamdash Karamjeet Thakur karamjeetthakur February 23 2025Kya zaroorat thi bhai ye sab karne ki le ab gaali khamdash Hari Ananta hariananta09 February 23 2025Hahaha coverup toh aap bhi kamaal ka karte ho baba ji mdash Akash Chauhan Creatozzz February 23 2025Sundays win should be enough for India who are now on top of Group A with four points to make the last four However Pakistan are staring at early elimination from the eightteam event after their second successive lossChasing a tricky 242 India rode on Kohlis 51st ODI ton Shreyas Iyers classy 67ball 56 and Shubman Gills brilliant start of 46 off 52 balls to overhaul the target with more than seven overs to spareKohli rebelled against his own modest recent form and a dangerous opposition to peel off a memorable knock that took 111 balls and was punctuated with seven foursPakistan on the other hand are on their way out of the tournament of which they are the hostsOnce again they ran into their old nemesis iquest Kohli The 36yearold had several demons of his own to tame iquest a lean run recurring form of dismissals and struggles against spinBut he slayed each one of them in a manner befitting a batter who also became the quickest to 14000 ODI runs during the course of the knockPakistan might have hoped to hustle him a bit through pacers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris RaufBut Kohli drove them on the up with elan or pulled them with audacity as Pakistans premier pacers transformed into dejected figures after the early high of Afridi castling Rohit Sharma 20 off 15 balls with a peach of a yorkerPerhaps the biggest hope Pakistan harboured against Kohli would have been legspinner Abrar Ahmed considering the Indians recent travails against Englands Adil RashidKohli did have a couple of tough moments against Ahmed but none big enough to put him in distress He largely dealt with him in singles cutting down risksBut the Pakistan quicks offered him enough chances to free his armsAt the other end Iyer flowed with a variety of shots but a 103 metre six off spinner Salman Agha was the standout hit during his tenure in which he assisted Kohli to raise 114 runs for the third wicketIyer had to walk back to the hut after ImamulHaq pulled off a stunner at covers off spinner Khushdil Shah although replays suggested that the ball might have been groundedBut by then India had already shut the door on PakistanA large chunk of credit for this win can also be rightfully claimed by Indian bowlers who were stunningly accurate while limiting Pakistan to 241With agency inputs