India won the Super Fours competition of the Asia Cup 2025 with six Wickets when Pakistan did not defend 172-run target in the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
The men in Blue set up 172 and skipped the winning runs for the loss of four wickets and seven balls.
India started a flying start of the chase when their opening couple Abhishek and Shubman Gill compiled a century-plus position.
The duo added 105 runs in 10 overs until all -rounder Fahraem Ashraf Gill cleaned up, which made 47 out of 28 deliveries with the help of eight limits.
After his resignation, India quickly lost two wickets in succession when Haris Rauf India captain Suryakumar Yadav turned, while Abrar Ahmed ended from Sharma to bring the total at 123/3 in 12.2 overs.
Sharma remained the top scorer for India with a 74 discount on 39 deliveries, with five sixes and six four, while Suryakum died for a duck.
Wicketkeeper Batter Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma then gently hit the total of the total of the same number of deliveries before Haris struck again and struck the first, which ran back after scoring 13 out of 17.
In the meantime, Varma remained firm and sent India across the line with an unbeaten 30 from 19 deliveries, peppered with two sixes and so many four. He was supported by Allrounder Hardik Pandya, who made seven it didn’t matter.
Haris was the choice of the bowlers for Pakistan and took two wickets for only 26 runs in his four overs, while Faheem and Abrar look in with one each.
First put in the bat, the green shirts 171/5 gathered in their assigned 20 overs.
Pakistan started a relatively decent start to their innings when their new opening couple Farhan and Fakhar Zaman put together a solid 21 runs before the latter became the victim of Hardik Pandya in the third after a debated decision of the third referee.
Fakhar scored 15 of only nine deliveries using three boundaries.
Farhan then shared a one-sided 72-run partnership for the second Wicket with Saud Ayub, who made 21 out of 17 deliveries before he was rejected in the 11th by Shivam Dube.
The right -handed opener was then involved in a short collaboration between 17 run with Hussain Talat (10) until SHIVAM DUBE Curtains pulled over on his brave knock in the 15th.
He remained the top scorer for Pakistan with a 58 discount on 45 deliveries, strewn with four four and three sixes.
After his resignation, Captain Salman Ali Agha and all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz shared a crucial 34-run partnership for the fifth wicket until the first entailed a bizarre resignation.
Nawaz made 21 out of 19 deliveries and hit a six and four during his cameo.
In the meantime, Agha remained unbeaten and ran back after scoring 17 of 13 deliveries, while all -rounder Faheem Ashraf 20 did not make eight deliveries, consisting of two sixes and a four.
For India, Dube led the bowling load with two wickets, while Kuldeep Yadav and Hardik Pandya made one scalp each.
