Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah gave a tit-for-tat reply when he dismissed Pakistani cricketer Haris Rauf with a flight celebration after removing him with his yorker. Rauf had made the same gesture in a previous match against India.
Bumrah hit the off stump with his trademark bowling, while Rauf failed to defend it before the stumps. By then Pakistani innings was tottering.
India made a superb comeback with the ball in the second half of the match. After being 113-2 in 12 overs, Pakistan were bowled out for just 33 runs.
India were without star all-rounder Hardik Pandya in the Asia Cup 2025 final. Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Ali Agha once again avoided the handshake at the toss. Yadav also did not attend the trophy photoshoot with the Pakistan captain before the toss.
After winning the toss, India opted to bowl. Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman opened the innings. Shivam Dube took the new ball and conceded only a four in the first over.
Farhan swings and misses mostly in Bumrah’s first over. Four singles and a four in the third over of the innings off Dube. Pakistan reached 19 from the first three overs.
Bumrah was taken for a four and a sixer by Farhan in the fourth over. Varun Chakaravarthy concedes only five runs in his first over. Axar Patel bowled the last over of the power play and gave away eight runs. Pakistan steadily reached 45 after the conclusion of the power-play.
Pakistan brought up their fifty in the 7th over as Kuldeep Yadav went for 11 in his first over. Farhan continued to chip away at the boundaries. Farhan brought back-to-back fifties against India. This came in 35 balls.
