
New Delhi: The curtains have finally risen on the big Asian cricket fest as Pakistan is all set to take on the debutante Nepal in the opening encounter of the Asia Cup 2023.
Pakistan organized a 15-minute opening ceremony for the tournament, which featured Pakistani singer Aima Baig and Nepal’s Trishala Gurung; however, it did not go as planned by the PCB.
On the one hand, the people of Nepal love the fact that one of their own is taking the stage at a huge event like this.
On the other hand, however, many people, including the Pakistanis, were not able to know what to make of Aima Baig’s performance. Netizens even sparked a meme fest on social media platform X (Formerly known as Twitter). Check out their reactions below:
Everyone while seeing Aima baig in Opening ceremony of Asiacup 2023 #PAKvsNEP pic.twitter.com/2y6F1c969g
— U M A R (@Agrumpycomedian) August 30, 2023
Pakistanis after listening to Aima Baig’s Singing at the Opening ceremony #AsiaCup23 pic.twitter.com/jCsIRljhe4
— N (@SaadonaBreak) August 30, 2023
Chahat Fateh the Great would have performed much better then Aima Baig at the opening ceremony pic.twitter.com/iTBxTsqND7
— Ahmad Nabeel (@ANjutt00) August 30, 2023
#PAKvNEP
Waiting for Nepal first international win against Pakistan.Nepali singer performing in the opening ceremony for Asia Cup 2023 🤩🤩#AsiaCup2023 #OpeningCeremony #PAKvsNEP#INDvsPAK #AsiaCup23 pic.twitter.com/YXSF83R596
— Amit Kumar (@Amit_Kum24) August 30, 2023
As we all know Multan is the city of Mangoes So, Aima Baig is representing the mangoes of Multan Pakistan in the opening ceremony of Asia Cup 2023 .#BabarAzam #Rizwan #PAKvNEP #AsiaCup2023 #PAKvsNEP #ShaheenAfridi pic.twitter.com/miV5tPcDpZ
— Fayezah PTI (@Fayezahaha_) August 30, 2023
Nepal singer performing in the opening ceremony for Asia Cup 2023 😎#AsiaCup2023 #OpeningCeremony #PAKvsNEP pic.twitter.com/PNzIAI0Bs4
— Saurabh Raj (@sraj57454) August 30, 2023
Nepali singer performing in Asia cup 2023 opening ceremony 🎑
Supporting to emerging #Nepal team @CricketNeppic.twitter.com/T1WAU6WRQH#PAKvsNEP #INDvsPAK #Cricket #AsiaCup23 pic.twitter.com/58DegoDedp
— Amit Kumar (@Amit_Kum24) August 30, 2023
Nepali singer performing in Asia cup 2023 opening ceremony 🎑
Supporting to emerging #Nepal team @CricketNeppic.twitter.com/T1WAU6WRQH#PAKvsNEP #INDvsPAK #Cricket #AsiaCup23 pic.twitter.com/58DegoDedp
— Amit Kumar (@Amit_Kum24) August 30, 2023
Nepali singer performing in Asia cup 2023 opening ceremony 🎑
Supporting to emerging #Nepal team @CricketNeppic.twitter.com/T1WAU6WRQH#PAKvsNEP #INDvsPAK #Cricket #AsiaCup23 pic.twitter.com/58DegoDedp
— Amit Kumar (@Amit_Kum24) August 30, 2023
what exactly aima baig is trying to sing? pic.twitter.com/e6thH21A6e
— desiburgerbacha (@shortiekiddo28) August 30, 2023
Aima baig in every ceremony held by PCB: pic.twitter.com/irMetQhNWi
— hasni (@imhs_7377) August 30, 2023
Thank Aima Baig stage chorny k ly 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻.. pic.twitter.com/3kBqAGMTus
— Nawaz 🇵🇰 (@Rnawaz31888) August 30, 2023
Notably, the opening encounter of the tournament will be the first time Pakistan and Nepal will be taking the field against each other on the International level.
Earlier, Pakistani skipper Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first against Nepal.