DUBAI (Kashmir English): India has won the Asia Cup 2025 title by 5 wickets against Pakistan.
For the first time in the 41-year history of the Asia Cup, India and Pakistan are in the final, which is being played in Dubai.
In the final match, India won the toss and decided to field first against Pakistan. The entire Pakistan team was dismissed for 146 runs in 19.1 overs.
Chasing a target of 147 runs, India was dismissed for 130 runs in 18 overs. India’s first wicket fell in the second over when Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for 5 runs off Fahim’s ball. India’s second wicket fell at a score of 10 when Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed for one run by Shaheen.
On a total score of 20, Shubman Gill also fell to Fahim Ashraf for 12 runs. On a total score of 77, Sanju Samson fell to Abrar for 24 runs.
Earlier, the entire Pakistan team was dismissed for 146 runs in 19.1 overs.
The first Pakistani player to be dismissed was Sahibzada Farhan, who played an innings of 57 runs off 38 balls and was caught by Varun for a total score of 84.
Saim Ayub, who came after him, scored 14 runs off a total score of 113 and became Kuldeep’s victim.
After the fall of the second wicket, the Pakistani batsmen were in line, and the remaining 8 players were dismissed for only 33 runs.
After Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris also returned to the pavilion without scoring any runs. Fakhar Zaman was also caught by Varun for a score of 126; he scored 46 runs off 35 balls. Hussain Talat was also dismissed for a score of 131; he could only score one run.
After him, Salman Agha was also dismissed for 8 runs, followed by Shaheen Afridi and Faheem Ashraf without scoring any runs. Haris Rauf and Mohammad Nawaz scored 6 runs each.
Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets for India. Apart from them, Bumrah, Varun, and Aat Patel took 2 wickets each.
There was no change in the Pakistan team’s squad for the final. The Pakistan team includes captain Salman Ali Agha, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Hussain Talat, Muhammad Haris, Muhammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, and Abrar Ahmed.
Indian team’s all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of the final due to injury, and Rinku Singh has been included in the playing eleven in his place.
In the Asia Cup 2025, India defeated Pakistan in both matches, but apart from that, Pakistan has defeated every team in Asia so far.
Pakistan and India have faced each other in the final 5 times in any multi-country tournament; Pakistan is ahead of India here. Pakistan has defeated Pakistan 3 times, while India has defeated Pakistan 2 times in the final.
