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Pakistan EXPOSED in IND vs PAK Asia Cup Final – India’s Dominance on Full Display | India National Cricket Team vs Pakistan National Cricket Scorecard

The India vs Pakistan match in the Asia Cup 2025 Final is being played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Despite having a good start, Pakistan was able to have 146 runs as the middle order exposed again in the Asia Cup final.
The India vs Pakistan match in the Asia Cup 2025 Final is being played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. This was the third time that the arch-rivals met in the Asia Cup 2025; however, both teams played the Asia Cup Final after 41 years. Pakistan batted first, and they had a fantastic start against India in the Asia Cup Final.
Sahibzada Farhan played exceptional cricket and gave Pakistan a good start. He scored 57 runs at a strike rate of 150.00. However, Fakhar Zaman also played well and scored 46 runs and led his team to a decent target of 146 runs in 19.1 overs. Despite having a good start, Pakistan was able to have 146 runs as the middle order exposed again in the Asia Cup final.
Indian spinners used the wicket perfectly and exposed the weak middle-order of the Pakistan National Cricket Team and shifted the momentum towards them. Kuldeep Yadav got four wickets, whereas Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah and Axar Patel got two wickets each.

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India vs Pakistan Asia Cup Final Playing XI:

India Playing XI

Pakistan Playing XI

Shuban Gill

Sahibzada Farhan 

Abhishek Sharma

Fakhar Zaman

Surkyakumar Yadav (C)

Saim Ayub

Tilak Verma

Hussain Talat

Sanju Samson

Mohammad Nawaz

Rinku Singh

Salman Ali Agha (C)

Shivam Dube

Faheem Ashraf

Axar Patel

Mohammad Harris

Varun Chakravarthy

Shaheen Afridi

Kuldeep Yadav

Haris Rauf

Jasprit Bumrah

Abrar Ahmed

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IND vs PAK Asia Cup Final - 1st Inning Highlights:

India won the toss and they decided to bowl first in the Asia Cup 2205 Final. Pakistan National Cricket Team played fantastic cricket and they had a good start or their best start of the tournament. Pakistan didn’t even lose a single wicket in the powerplay, and the scoreboard was 45/0 after six overs. 

Both the openers played well; they stood on the crease and played calculated cricket. Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman opened for Pakistan in the Final match against India. Farhan showed excellent cricketing skills and played a fantastic knock of 57 runs in 38 balls. He kept pressure on the Indian bowlers from the start of the match but got out in the 10th over.

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However, Fakhar Zaman stood from one end and his role was clear, rotate strike and don’t play aggressive cricket, just wait for balls in range and knock them outside the boundary line. Pakistan came up with good strategies and they did it perfectly but the strike rate was quite low.

From the Indian Bowling Department, Shivam Dube bowled really well in the power play; he gave only 12 runs in 2 overs. Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah was targeted by Pakistani batters, and he leaked 18 runs in his first 2 overs in the power play. 

But the man, the myth, and mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy kept Pakistan’s batter in trouble and took the wicket of their best batter of this tournament, Sahibzada Farhan, in the 10th over. Indian bowlers could have done a better job in the Dubai International Cricket Stadium against Pakistan.

Amit Patel
Written by Amit Patel