India vs Pakistan HIGHLIGHTS Asia Cup Final: India refuse to collect trophy in presentation ceremony
Team India lift their 9th Asia Cup title by beating arch rivals Pakistan by 5 wickets in what was a thrilling final in Dubai. Tilak Verma and Shivam Dube putting up a match-winning partnership.
IND vs PAK final
Asia Cup 2025 champions Team India have refused to collect the trophy during the post-match presentation ceremony in the presence of ACC president Mohsin Naqvi. The delay was reportedly due to the Pakistan national cricket team not coming out in time for the presentation ceremony and were lated seen coming out of their dressing rooms. The late arrival was also booed from the fans. The post match ceremony which started after an hour-long delay on the night saw Kuldeep Yadav and Abhishek Sharma being awarded as the player of the tournament for their incredible performances over the course of the tournament. Match summary:
In a dramatic India-Pakistan T20 encounter, both teams saw major momentum swings before Tilak Varma’s calm head and late flourish sealed a tense win for India in the final over. Pakistan got off to a flying start after being put in to bat, thanks to an 84-run opening stand between Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman. Farhan was fluent early, reaching his half-century quickly, while Fakhar supported him well. However, India clawed back as Varun Chakravarthy broke the partnership, removing Farhan and bringing India back into the game.
Kuldeep Yadav then struck to remove Saim Ayub, and Varun added Fakhar to his tally, denting Pakistan’s top order. After a poor start with the ball (2 overs for 23), Kuldeep returned with a vengeance, picking up four wickets in his final two overs to finish with figures of 4/30. Pakistan suffered a shocking collapse, losing their last 9 wickets for just 33 runs to be bowled out for 146.
Pakistan responded strongly with the ball, as Faheem Ashraf and Shaheen Afridi reduced India to 20/3 within four overs. However, Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma steadied the chase with a 57-run stand. Samson was dropped on 12 by Talat — a costly miss — but he eventually fell to Abrar Ahmed.
Tilak carried on unfazed, bringing up a composed half-century. Shivam Dube joined him to add a crucial 50-run partnership, providing support with timely boundaries. With 10 needed off the final over bowled by Haris Rauf, Tilak finished the job in style, launching a six to win the match for India.
The game saw exceptional comebacks from both sides, but India held their nerve better, thanks to Kuldeep’s brilliance with the ball and Tilak’s maturity under pressure.
PAK 1st innings scorecard:
| Pakistan Inning | ||||||||||||||||
| 146-10 (19.1 ov) CRR:7.62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||||||||||
| Sahibzada Farhan | c TL Varma b V Chakaravarthy | 57 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 150 | ||||||||||
| Fakhar Zaman | c K Yadav b V Chakaravarthy | 46 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 131.43 | ||||||||||
| Saim Ayub | c J Bumrah b K Yadav | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 127.27 | ||||||||||
| Mohammad Haris (WK) | c R Singh b A Patel | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Agha Salman (C) | c S Samson b K Yadav | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 114.29 | ||||||||||
| Hussain Talat | c S Samson b A Patel | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Mohammad Nawaz | c R Singh b J Bumrah | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 | ||||||||||
| Shaheen Afridi | lbw b K Yadav | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Faheem Ashraf | c TL Varma b K Yadav | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Haris Rauf | b J Bumrah | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150 | ||||||||||
| Abrar Ahmed | Not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Extras | 7 (b 1, Ib 2, w 4, nb 0, p 0) | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 146 (10 wkts, 19.1 Ov) | |||||||||||||||
| Fall of Wickets | ||||||||||||||||
| 84-1(Sahibzada Farhan 9.4),113-2(Saim Ayub 12.5),114-3(Mohammad Haris 13.3),126-4(Fakhar Zaman 14.4),131-5(Hussain Talat 15.3),133-6(Agha Salman 16.1),134-7(Shaheen Afridi 16.4),134-8(Faheem Ashraf 16.6),141-9(Haris Rauf 17.5),146-10(Mohammad Nawaz 19.1) | ||||||||||||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO | |||||||||
| Shivam Dube | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.67 | |||||||||
| Jasprit Bumrah | 3.1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.89 | |||||||||
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | |||||||||
| Axar Patel | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | |||||||||
| Kuldeep Yadav | 4 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7.5 | |||||||||
| N. Tilak Varma | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
IND 2nd innings scorecard:
| India Inning | ||||||||||||||||
| 150-5 (19.4 ov) CRR:7.63 | ||||||||||||||||
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||||||||||
| Abhishek Sharma | c H Rauf b F Ashraf | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | ||||||||||
| Shubman Gill | c H Rauf b F Ashraf | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 120 | ||||||||||
| Surya Kumar Yadav (C) | c A Salman b S Afridi | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| N. Tilak Varma | Not out | 69 | 53 | 3 | 4 | 130.19 | ||||||||||
| Sanju Samson (WK) | c Sahibzada Farhan b A Ahmed | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 114.29 | ||||||||||
| Shivam Dube | c S Afridi b F Ashraf | 33 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 150 | ||||||||||
| Rinku Singh | Not out | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 400 | ||||||||||
| Extras | 2 (b 0, Ib 0, w 2, nb 0, p 0) | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 150 (5 wkts, 19.4 Ov) | |||||||||||||||
| Yet to Bat | Axar Patel,Kuldeep Yadav,Jasprit Bumrah,Varun Chakaravarthy | |||||||||||||||
| Fall of Wickets | ||||||||||||||||
| 7-1(Abhishek Sharma 1.1),10-2(Surya Kumar Yadav 2.3),20-3(Shubman Gill 3.6),77-4(Sanju Samson 12.2),137-5(Shivam Dube 18.6) | ||||||||||||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO | |||||||||
| Shaheen Afridi | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Faheem Ashraf | 4 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.25 | |||||||||
| Mohammad Nawaz | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Haris Rauf | 3.4 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.64 | |||||||||
| Abrar Ahmed | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.25 | |||||||||
| Saim Ayub | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.33 | |||||||||
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First Published: Sep 28 2025 | 5:09 PM IST
