It was the first Asia Cup final between India versus Pakistan in the history of 41 years of this particular tournament, and it was a nail-biting match. The opening unit of Pakistan’s batting lineup put India on the back foot and scored 84 runs without losing a single wicket on the board. It was believed that Pakistan was heading towards a massive total, but the strength of the bowling department of the team India was unpredictable to the batting unit of Pakistan. As the opponent lost 9 wickets in just 33 runs. The reply of the India was a bit shaky as India lost three key wickets for just 20 runs. However, the incredible performance by Tilak Varma made India win the game and the country won its 9th Asia Cup title. So let’s get into the article to check out the highlighting moments of the game between India versus Pakistan.
Highlighting moments of the game between India versus Pakistan in Asia Cup 2025 final
India won the toss and elected to field first and it was believed to be a wrong decision by the captain of the Indian cricket team. As the opening unit of Pakistan was dominating on the bowling department of India. Sahibzada Farhan smashed 57 while his partner Fakhar Zaman contributed 46 to the total. Pakistan scored 84 runs on the board without losing a single wicket.
But the bowling department of the team India came back strongly and started to remove wickets. Pakistan lost 9 wickets for just 33 runs. Saim Ayub was dismissed for just 14 while Mohammad Haris was not able to score, and the captain of the side Salman Agha added 8 to the total.
Hussain Talat went back to the pavilion after scoring 1 while Mohammad Nawaz contributed 6, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Faheem Ashraf were dismissed before opening the account. Haris Rauf contributed 6 and Abrar Ahmed was able to score 1. Pakistan was all out in 19.1 overs and scored 146 on the board.
Talking about the bowling department of the team India, Shivam Dube has gone wicket less while Jasprit Bumrah removed 2 wickets, Varun Chakravarthy has also removed 2 wickets, Axar Patel took 2 wickets. Having said that, Kuldeep Yadav was the star as he removed 4 wickets of Pakistan batting lineup.
In the reply, the team India didn’t had a good start and everyone was shocked as Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for just 5 while Shubman Gill was out for 12 and the captain of the side Suryakumar Yadav went back to the pavilion after scoring 1.
India was in deep trouble as the team lost three wickets for just 20 runs. The middle order department of the Indian batting unit took the responsibility. Tilak Varma was unbeaten and smashed 69 from 53. Sanju Samson contributed 24 while Shivam Dube added 33 and Rinku Singh smashed a boundary on the very first delivery which he faced and that was enough for the team India to register five wickets.
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