Pakistan cricket team had to face serious embarrassment even before the first ball of the Asia Cup 2025 match against India was bowled.

The pre-match atmosphere seemed quite tense as India skipper Suryakumar Yadav and his Pakistan counterpart Salman Ali Agha pointedly refrained from shaking hands or acknowledging each other.

Soon after, both teams came out for the customary national anthems, and it was then Agha and his men were left confused as the DJ made a gaffe.

When the time came to play Pakistan's anthem, the DJ erred and the Dubai International Cricket Stadium echoed with the tunes of ‘Jalebi Baby’ by Tesher and Jason Derulo.

The mistake was corrected after almost six seconds and then Pakistan's national anthem was heard.

Earlier, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha won the toss and elected to bat first. Both teams fielded unchanged playing XIs from their previous matches.

Speaking at the toss, Agha said, “Going to bat first. We’ve been playing good cricket, very excited. Looks like a slow wicket. Just want to bat first and put runs on the board. Same side. Have been here for 20-odd days and are used to the conditions."

On the other hand, Suryakumar said, “We were looking to bowl first, happy with it. We played just one strip away, was a nice wicket and better to bat on in the night. It’s humid so hoping for some dew. Same team," said Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav.”

India (XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Pakistan (XI): Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris(w), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha(c), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed.