India won the Asia Cup 2025 after defeating Pakistan by 5 wickets. Opting to bowl first, India restricted Pakistan at a score of 146 runs with top bowler being Kuldeep Yadav who spun his way to pick 4 wickets. Other than him, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy and Axar Patel picked 2 wickets each.
While batting India was off to a rocky start as the Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill lost early wickets. But Tilak Varma was the star batter, he took the match till the very end and sealed the win for India by forming steady partnership with Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube.
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Pakistan on the other hand has now lost three matches in one single tournament against India. The Men in Blue crushed the Pakistani side and proved who is the actual winner. The rivalry now seems to be only one side dominance with India time and then thrashing Pakistan. After the match and all the delays, Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha reflected on the match and mentioned about the loopholes that led to the defeat.
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“(Where it went away) It is tough pill to swallow. We could not finish well in the batting. Bowling, we gave everything. If we could have finished well, it would have been a different story. We could not rotate the strike properly and we lost too many wickets. That was the reason we could not score what we wanted. We have to sort out our batting very soon.”
“They bowled really well, outstandingly well. They needed 63 off six overs, I thought we had the game. The bowlers bowled really well, we have to give them credit, but the batting was a concern. (Journey in this Asia Cup) Very proud. We fought really well. We are proud as a team. So much to look forward to, we will improve and come back stronger.”
