Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha said that Pakistan’s innings fell apart at the worst moment, and admitted that a sudden part of collapse India was handed the ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 title despite the tough show of Pakistan with the ball.
First put in the bat, the opening couple of Sahaibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman gave Pakistan a flamboyant start by putting together 84 runs for half the point.
Top ranked T20i-seizure Varun Chakaravarthy, India handed over their first breakthrough in the 10th by dismissing Farhan, which the top scorer remained with 57 out of 38 deliveries, which made five four and three sixes.
Despite Farhan’s resignation, Pakistan was in a considerable position because they had reached 113/1 in 12.4 overs before Kuldeep Yadav sent left -handed Battery Ayub (14) back.
His resignation led to a competition -determining collapse, in which Pakistan lost their remaining eight wickets for only 33 points in 38 balls and eventually thrown away for a meager 146 in 19.1 overs.
During the presentation after the match, Pakistan captain Agha rested their inability to score enough runs before he hints in the Hint department.
“It’s a difficult pill to swallow now. We lost wickets while hitting, we were excellent with the ball, but we didn’t have enough points on the board,” said Agha.
“We did not rotate and have lost too many wickets. We have to find out our batting soon,” he added.
Despite the defense of a modest total, the bowling unit of Pakistan India did hard yards to chase the total because they gave 19.4 overs and lost five wickets.
Pakistan was especially deadly at the start of the second innings, with Faheem Ashraf and Shaheen Shah Afridi reducing the men in four overs in four overs by in-form Abhishek Sharma (five), Creator Suryakumar Yadav (one) and Shubman Gill (12).
Although a tough knock of middle batter Tilak Varma India eventually led to the title victory, Agha welcomed the bowling attack on his side for showing grit.
“They threw extremely well, she (India) needed 63 of 6 overs, and I thought we had the game. But the batting was what the game cost us,” Agha continued.
Pakistan’s captain concluded by being proud of his team before he promised to work hard and making a strong comeback.
“I am very proud of the team, and there is so much to look forward to. We will work hard and come back stronger.”
