India’s Tilak Varma celebrates with Varun Chakravarthy after successful the Asia Cup. — ReutersTilak Varma scores unbeaten 69 off 53 deliveries.Varma, Dube shaped essential 60-run partnership.Males in Blue stayed undefeated all through match.
India turned Asia Cup champions as soon as once more after defeating Pakistan by 5 wickets within the match remaining on Sunday on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium.
Set to chase a modest 147-run goal, the reigning world champions needed to do the arduous yards to ultimately knock the successful runs in 19.4 overs after shedding 5 wickets.
India bought off to a dismal begin to the pursuit as Faheem Ashraf and Shaheen Shah Afridi ran by their top-order, dismissing in-form Abhishek Sharma (5), skipper Suryakumar Yadav (one) and Shubman Gill (12) cheaply and decreasing them to twenty/3 in 4 overs.
The wicketkeeper batter mustered 24 off 21 deliveries with the assistance of two fours and a six.
India’s Tilak Varma celebrates after reaching his half century with Shivam Dube. — Reuters
Varma was then joined by all-rounder Shivam Dube within the center, and the duo batted sensibly beneath strain so as to add essential 60 runs for the fifth wicket till Faheem struck once more within the penultimate over, dismissing the latter, who made 33 off 22 with the assistance of two sixes and as many fours.
Tilak Varma, however, batted till the tip and top-scored with an unbeaten 69 off 53 deliveries, studded with 4 sixes and three fours.
Faheem was the decide of the bowlers for Pakistan, taking three wickets for 29 runs in his 4 overs, whereas Abrar and Shaheen may decide up one apiece.
India captain Suryakumar Yadav’s resolution to bowl first ultimately proved helpful as his staff’s bowling unit made a robust comeback to bundle out Pakistan for 146 in 19.1 overs.
Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan performs a shot throughout the ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 remaining in opposition to India on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Dubai on September 28, 2025. — ACC
The Inexperienced Shirts bought off to a commanding begin to their innings as their opening pair of Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman yielded a quickfire 84 runs earlier than the midway mark.
Prime-ranked T20I bowler Varun Chakravarthy ultimately broke the essential partnership within the tenth over by getting Pakistan’s mainstay Farhan caught at deep mid-wicket.
The suitable-handed opener remained the top-scorer for Pakistan with 57 off 38 deliveries, studded with 5 fours and three sixes.
Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman performs a shot throughout the ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 remaining in opposition to India on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Dubai on September 28, 2025. — ACC
His dismissal sparked a middle-order collapse which noticed Pakistan lose their remaining 9 wickets for simply 33 runs, together with that of set batter Fakhar, within the span of 38 deliveries and had been consequently all out for a below-par whole.
Fakhar remained a notable run-getter for Pakistan along with his 35-ball 46, comprising two sixes and as many fours.
Yadav was the standout bowler for India, taking 4 wickets for 30 runs in his 4 overs, whereas Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah and Chakravarthy chipped in with two every.
