Dubai, September 29 (). The Indian cricket team has defeated Pakistan in the final of Asia Cup 2025. On the basis of Tilak Verma’s finest and memorable half -century innings, the Indian team defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets to win a record 9th Asia Cup title. Tilak Verma scored an unbeaten 69 off 53 balls. The innings included 3 fours and 4 sixes.
Chasing the target of 147 runs, the Indian team was very disappointing. India lost the wickets of their three top batsmen on a score of 20. Abhishek Sharma 5, Shubman Gill 12 and captain Suryakumar Yadav were dismissed for 1 run. Tilak Verma and Sanju Samson removed India with a difficult time. Both shared a 57 -run partnership for the fourth wicket. Samson lost his wicket in an attempt to put a big shot on Abrar Ahmed. Samson was dismissed for 24 runs off 21 balls. Samson was dismissed as the fourth wicket on a score of 77. At that time India needed 70 runs to win.
After this, Tilak Verma was accompanied by Shivam Dubey. Both shared a 60 -run partnership for the 5th wicket and brought the score to 137. Shivam was dismissed for 33 runs off 22 balls. After this, Tilak, along with Rinku, won India. India won the match by 5 wickets by scoring 150 runs for 5 wickets in 19.4 overs.
Batting first after losing the toss, Pakistan was given a strong start by the pair of Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman. Both shared an 84 -run partnership for the first wicket in 9.4 overs for the first wicket. Sahibzada Farhan was dismissed for 57 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 5 fours off 38 balls. This was his second consecutive half -century against India. Fakhar Zaman was dismissed for 46 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 fours off 35 balls. After this, no batsman of Pakistan rests in front of Indian bowlers and the entire team was reduced to 146 runs in 19.1 overs.
Kuldeep Yadav again bowled well for India. Kuldeep took 4 wickets for 30 runs in 4 overs. Akshar Patel also bowled well and took 2 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs. Varun Chrakarti took 2 wickets for 30 runs in 4 overs. Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets.
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