DUBAI: India beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the Asia Cup 2025 fixture here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
IND: 131-3 (15.5 overs)
15.5: That’s it. Suryakumar Yadav finishes the match with a huge six
Sufiyan Muqeem to bowl
IND: 123-3 (15 overs)
Saim to bowl his final over
IND: 110-3 (14 overs)
Nawaz to continue
IND: 100-3 (13 overs)
12.2: Saim Ayub gets Varma with a beauty
Saim returns
IND: 97-2 (12 overs)
Nawaz returns
IND: 93-2 (11 overs)
Abrar to continue
IND: 88-2 (10 overs)
Sufiyan to continue
IND: 74-2 (9 overs)
Abrar to continue
IND: 71-2 (8 overs)
Sufiyan comes to bowl
IND: 64-2 (7 overs)
Abrar to continue
IND: 61-2 ( 6 overs)
Nawaz comes to bowl
IND: 48-2 (5 overs)
Abrar comes to bowl
IND: 42-2 (4 overs)
3.4: Saim finally ends an audacious cameo from Sharma
Abhishek Sharma 31 (13b 4×4 2×6) SR: 238.46
Saim to continue
IND: 33-1 (3 overs)
Shaheen to continue
IND: 22-1 (2 overs)
Saim Ayub will share the new ball
IND: 12-1 (1 over)
Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill to open the batting for Pakistan. Shaheen Afridi takes the new ball
PAKISTAN vs India (2nd INNINGS)
DUBAI: Pakistan set a 128-run target against India in the sixth match of the ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
PAK: 127/9 (20 overs)
Pandya to bowl the last over
PAK: 111/9 (19 overs)
Bumrah to bowl the penultimate over
PAK: 99/8 (18 overs)
17.4: Faheem is trapped in front, and he decides to review it straight away.
PAK: 90/7 (17 overs)
16.1: Farhan departs after playing a measured knock in the circumstances of the game
Sahibzada Farhan 40 (44b 1×4 3×6) SR: 90.9
PAK: 83/6 (16 overs)
Varun Chakravarthy returns
PAK: 78/6 (15 overs)
Kuldeep to continue
PAK: 72/6 (14 overs)
Axar continues
PAK: 65/6 (13 overs)
12.5: Another one for India
Mohammad Nawaz 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
12.4: Hasan Nawaz tries to slog sweep but it’s in the air and out.
Hasan Nawaz 5 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 71.42
Kuldeep comes back
PAK: 62/4 (12 overs)
Axar to continue
PAK: 54/4 (11 overs)
Abhishek Sharma to bowl his first over of the night
PAK: 47/4 (10 overs)
9.6: Axar Patel gets Salman
Salman Agha Patel 3 (12b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25
PAK: 47/3 (9 overs)
Varun returns
PAK: 45/3 (8 overs)
7.4: Fakhar tries to go down the ground, and it’s high in the air. Caught a massive wicket for India
Fakhar Zaman 17 (15b 3×4 0x6) SR: 113.33
Axar Patel into the attack for first time
PAK: 44/2 (7 overs)
Kuldeep Yadav comes to bowl
PAK: 42/2 (6 overs)
Bumrah to continue
PAK: 34/2 (5 overs)
Varun Chakravarthy introduced for the first time into the attack
PAK: 26/2 (4 overs)
Jasprit Bumrah to continue
PAK: 20/2 (3 overs)
Hardik to continue
PAK: 7/2 (2 overs)
1.2: Haris tries to go big, and it’s caught. So, Pakistan two down inside two overs, and it’s Pandya and Bumrah show at the moment.
Mohammad Haris 3 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 60
Bumrah will share the new ball from the other end
PAK: 5/1 (1 over)
0.1: Saim tries to drive, and it’s straight into the hands of Jasprit Bumrah.
Saim Ayub 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub to open the batting for Pakistan. Interestingly, Hardik Pandya to bowl the first over
PAKISTAN vs India (1st INNINGS)
DUBAI: Pakistan have won the toss and opted to bat first against India in the sixth match of the ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Playing XIs
India XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy
Pakistan XI: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (capt), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed
HEAD TO HEAD RECORD:
Both teams have faced each other 13 times in the T20I format. India have won 10 matches out 13 encounters, whereas Pakistan have only managed to win three games.
For context, Pakistan and India are set to face each other for the first time since the escalated tensions in May.
India and Pakistan have both started their Asia Cup 2025 in a dominant way, with the former beating UAE by a hefty margin of nine wickets, whereas the latter crushed Oman by 93 runs to set up an intriguing showdown between them.