Anshu Bhadoria - Monday, Sep 29, 2025Any match between India and Pakistan is expected to be exciting, and this excitement reached its peak in the Asia Cup 2025 final. The thrilling, up-and-down match kept fans enthralled. Batting first, Pakistan scored 146 runs, but India achieved this target two balls to spare.
The Asia Cup 2025 final between India and Pakistan was exactly what a final match should be. The excitement was at its peak in this title match played on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium. In the end, India won by five wickets and won the title. Pakistan, after a good start, could not score big and was all out for 146 runs in 19.1 overs. Team India won the match by losing five wickets two balls earlier.
For Pakistan, Sahibzada Farhan scored a half-century, scoring 57 runs. He hit five fours and three sixes. Fakhar Zaman scored 46 runs, facing 35 balls and hitting two fours and as many sixes. For India, Tilak played an unbeaten 69 runs. This is India's third consecutive victory over Pakistan in the Asia Cup.
India needed 147 runs to win, which seemed easy given their explosive batting. However, the unpredictability of cricket was evident in this match. Abhishek was expected to once again leave Pakistan breathless with his stormy batting and disrupt the line and length of their bowlers. He showed his intentions by hitting a four off the second ball of the first over bowled by Shaheen Shah Afridi. However, in the next over, Faheem Ashraf trapped him with a slower delivery. Haris Rauf took a brilliant catch at mid-on. He could only score five runs. Captain Suryakumar Yadav again failed in a big match. Shaheen had him caught by Salman on the third ball of the third over. The Pakistani captain took a brilliant low catch.
India were 10 for two. They weren't expecting this kind of start. All hopes were pinned on vice-captain Gill. Gill also disappointed in this match. He was caught by a slower ball from Faheem, and Rauf took another brilliant catch at mid-on. Gill scored 12 runs off 10 balls. India were now 20 for three.
Here, Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson steadied the innings. They batted intelligently, reading Pakistan's slower deliveries well to thwart them. They brought India back into the match. Meanwhile, Sanju was dropped off Abrar Ahmed's bowling. This pair was becoming a problem for Pakistan. Then, Abrar provided relief. On the second ball of the 13th over, Abrar had Sanju caught by Farhan. Sanju scored 24 runs in 21 balls, hitting two fours and a six.
The match had once again tilted in Pakistan's favor. Shivam Dubey came on after Sanju. Dubey is known for his long shots. In the 15th over bowled by Haris Rauf, Dubey hit two fours and Tilak hit a six to score 17 runs. Tilak reached his half-century in the next over. Tilak reached his half-century in 41 balls.
