Dubai: Dubai: Pakistan will look for repayments when they are confronted with undefeated India in the ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 final in Dubai on Sunday, a collision that is expected to be fiery.
The defensive champions have defeated every opposition on their path before they are complicated in the final of the eight team tournament.
Pakistan was beaten twice, first in the group phase and then in Super Fours, by an India team with the world’s top fittings and bowler in the T20 format in open Abhishek Sharma and Spinner Varun Chakravarthy.
Seamer Jasprit Bumrah helped India to control the PowerPlay overs with the ball, but left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav has led the Bowlers hit list with 13 wickets.
On the way to the final, Pakistan will get the virtual semi -final against Bangladesh in the final from their victory in the virtual semi -final on Thursday.
The men in Green have set up a final against India after along Bangladesh with 11 points in a super fours meeting on 25 September in the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
The final of 28 September is the first time that the arch rivals face each other in the history of the tournament.
The two parties lock Hoorns in the ultimate game, because the tensions remain reinforced because of the controversial actions of the Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav during their group match on September 14.
Pundits mentioned his decision to skip a usual handshake at the throw and political statements in the interview after the game “unprecedented” and “harmful to the spirit of the game.”
After the complaint from a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the International Cricket Council (ICC) formally reprimanded Yadav about his political comments and advised him to remember such actions in the future.
Despite the accused environment, Captain Salman Agha van Pakistan expressed his excitement for the final against India.
“We know what to do, and we are a good enough team to beat everyone, and we will come on Sunday and try to beat them,” he said about the final.
Pakistan, India in the final
Pakistan and India have played a total of five finals in multinational tournaments since 1985.
Of the five, Pakistan won three, while India claimed victories in two.
India won the 1985 cricket world championship after beating Pakistan with eight wickets in the final in Melbourne.
The Austral-Asia Cup final of 1986 is best known for former Captain Javed Miandad’s Last-Ball Six, who sealed a famous victory for Pakistan.
Pakistan won the Austral Asia cup final against India in 1994 for the second time.
The arch rivals were confronted with the inaugural ICC World T20 final of 2007, which India won after a nail biting finish.
In 2017, Pakistan India completely defeated the ICC Champions Trophy final in London.
