Mohammad Haris, who captained Pakistan Shaheens to triumph in the ACC Men's Emerging Cup, has reacted strongly to criticism that his team had plenty of experienced international players as compared to the young India A side whom they beat in the final.

Pakistan defeated India by a huge margin of 128 runs in the summit clash to win the trophy.

Wicketkeeper-batter Haris, who has played five ODIs and nine T20Is for the senior Pakistan team, said they did not ask the Indian Board to send "little kids" to the tournament. There were eight international players in the Pakistan Shaheens' squad, including Mohammad Wasim Jr, who has played two Tests, 14 ODIs and 17 T20Is.

"Did we ask the Indian Board to send little kids to the tournament?" Haris said in a podcast. "We had players who have hardly played a few games for the senior team, but if you look at their side, most of their players have appeared in around 200 IPL matches," he said.

"They say that we had international experience in our team. How many international matches have we played? Saim (Ayub) has played 5, I have played 6. Those guys (India players) have played 260 IPL matches," Haris said.

The Indian team, captained by Yash Dhull, had no player with international experience, while those with IPL stints were B. Sai Sudharsan, Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Harshit Rana and Rajvardhan Hangargekar.