Pakistan batters Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub throughout their Asia Cup Tremendous 4 conflict in opposition to India at Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 21, 2025. — Reuters
Pakistan achieved a notable batting feat in opposition to arch-rivals India of their Tremendous 4 encounter of the ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Batting first, Pakistan posted 171-5 in 20 overs, marking their highest-ever T20I complete in opposition to India when batting first. Their earlier finest was 159-8 in Melbourne throughout the 2022 T20 World Cup, a match they narrowly misplaced within the remaining over.
Highest T20I totals for Pakistan vs India (batting first):
171-5, Dubai 2025159-8, Melbourne 2022147, Dubai 2022130-7, Mirpur 2014
Pakistan acquired off to a gradual begin as new opening pair Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman put collectively 21 runs earlier than Zaman fell to Hardik Pandya within the third over, following a debated third-umpire determination. Zaman scored 15 off 9 deliveries, together with three boundaries.
Farhan then cast a commanding 72-run partnership for the second wicket with Saim Ayub, who made 21 off 17 balls earlier than being dismissed by Shivam Dube within the eleventh over.
Farhan later shared a quick 17-run stand with Hussain Talat (10) till Dube ended his valiant knock within the fifteenth over. Farhan remained the top-scorer with 58 off 45 balls, that includes 5 fours and three sixes.
After Farhan’s dismissal, captain Salman Ali Agha and all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz added a vital 34-run partnership for the fifth wicket till Agha was dismissed in a weird method.
Nawaz contributed 21 off 19 balls, hitting one six and one 4, whereas Agha remained unbeaten on 17 off 13 deliveries. Faheem Ashraf supplied a late surge, scoring 20 not out off 8 balls, together with two sixes and a 4.
For India, Shivam Dube was the decide of the bowlers with two wickets, whereas Kuldeep Yadav and Hardik Pandya took one wicket every.
