Asia Cup India vs Pakistan Cup 2025 Final: Asia Cup 2025 Final between Pakistan at Dubai International Stadium witnessed Pakistan’s openers Fakhar Zaman and Sahibzada Farhan dominating the early overs. India won the toss, and skipper Suryakumar Yadav decided to bowl first, hoping that his spinners and bowlers could stem Pakistan’s scoring under lights.
Yadav commented, “It appears a good wicket. The wicket improves under lights. We have been batting well first but we would want to chase today. Groundsmen have done a wonderful job. Hardik misses out unfortunately because of a niggle. Bumrah, Dube, and Rinku replace him.”
Asia Cup India vs Pakistan Cup 2025 Final: Farhan Dismissed by Chakravarthy
India brought Varun Chakravarthy in to strike against Pakistan’s openers and it paid off. Sahibzada Farhan was dismissed by a Tilak Varma catch off a delivery from Chakravarthy after a 38-ball 57 off a flurry of shots, ending Pakistan’s promising start at 84/1 in 9.4 overs.
Fakhar Zaman was not out on 23 off 20 balls, which kept Pakistan in good shape. The dismissal of Farhan’s wicket was a deciding point in the game because India’s spinners now look to continue the pressure and cause additional breakthroughs.
Asia Cup India vs Pakistan Cup 2025 Final: Indian Spin Strategy
Chakravarthy’s wicket pointed to India’s strategy of employing spin to stifle Pakistan’s scoring during the powerplay. In conjunction with him, Kuldeep Yadav has been introduced into the attack to keep things tight, with the field also altered to defend boundaries and bring about errors by Pakistan batsmen.
Bowling so far totals 12 runs for Shivam Dube in 2 overs, Jasprit Bumrah 18 in 2 overs, Chakravarthy 7 runs in 1.4 overs with 1 wicket, Axar Patel 16 in 2 overs, and Kuldeep Yadav 23 in 2 overs.
Asia Cup India vs Pakistan Cup 2025 Final: Playing XIs
India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha (c), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
