Asia Cup FINAL UPDATES: India need 10 off the last over

Sun, 28 September 2025

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23:58

Ashraf removes Dube for his 3rd wicket

Ind 137-5 (19 ovs) vs Pak 146 | Scorecard

One man comes into the circle due to slow over rate.

Rauf back in the attack.

Ashraf back in the attack but pulls up with cramps after attempting to bowl two balls. Physio is out to check on him for cramps.

Ashraf ready to resume after getting the all clear to continue after 5 and a half minutes.

Ashraf bowls it wide and full first ball and Varma sweeps it to the leg side for a single.

Short ball and Dube pull it down towards long on for a single.

Ditto next ball and Varma gets a single.

Dube then goes back and across and flat pulls the ball to deep mid-wicket for a four!

Off cutter next, big swing and a miss from Dube, dot ball.

Short and slow, Dube goes down the ground only to be caught at long off at the boundary. 10 runs and a wicket come off the over.

23:47

Varma in full flow, brings up 53 rum stand with Dube

Ind 130-4 (18 ovs) vs Pak 146 | Scorecard

Rauf back in the attack and he starts with a widish ball, fuller and Dube plays it the off side for a single.

Rauf then bowls a wide off the stumps. Wide given. Check on no ball, but it's fine.

Rauf goes wide again and Varma chips it over covers for a single.

Full and wide again and Dube plays it to covers for a single.

Varma then sweeps the next ball to the leg side, takes it from the off stump, and he gets a couple.

Again full and outside off and Varma pulls it to the leg side for a single.

Full and on the middle, he misses the yorker and the full toss is dispatched over deep mid-wicket for a six by Dube! 13 come off it.

Afridi back in the attack and Varma starts the over with a single to the leg side.

Slower ball next and Dube chips it towards mid-off but short of the fielder.

A dot later, Varma heaves the next ball to the leg side and he gets a couple.

Varma then digs out the yorker for a single to mid-off.

Full toss and Varma plays it to mid-wicket for a single as just 6 come off it.

23:33

Varma-Dube keep India in the hunt

Ind 111-4 (16 ovs) vs Pak 146 | Scorecard

Varma has hit 3 fours and 3 sixes to bring up his 50 and keep India in the game.

Abrar back in the attack and he bowls a full and flighted ball and Dube slogs it over deep mid-wicket for a six!

A wide later, Dube takes a single as a top edge doesn't carry to Rauf at short fine leg.

Varma then takes a single. A dot later, Dube takes a single to the leg side.

Varma brings up his 50 with a shot to the leg side for a single. 11 come off the over.

Rauf continues and Dube starts the over with a whack through the covers for a four!

A single later, Varma drives it down the ground for a four!

Varma then plays the ball to long on for a single.

Dube then eases the next one to the on side for a single.

Full ball and Varma flicks it over deep square leg for a six! 17 come off the over.

23:23

Samson out for 24

Ind 83-4 (14 ovs) vs Pak 146 | Scorecard

Ayub continues and Dube and Varma take three singles. A dot later, Varma sweeps it to backward square leg for a single.

Dube then edges the ball and it runs to third man, the fielder pulls it back in and throws it to the keeper who breaks the stumps as Varma, who wants a couple is sent back and seems to be struggling. Third umpire called in and the replay shows that the batter is safe. 5 runs come off the over.

Dube is the new man in and he nearly chips it back to the bowler first ball.

Another dot later, Dube is off the mark with a single to the leg side.

Varma then plays a dot as a wicket and 2 runs come off it.

Abrar continues and Varma mistimes the pull to the leg side for a single.

Abrar then bowls a slower one and it turns, Samson mistimes the shot as he tries to go after it and he is caught at backward point and he is out for 24 off 21.

23:11

71 needed off 48 now

Ind 76-3 (12 ovs) vs Pak 146 | Scorecard

Ayub continues and Varma starts the over with a single to mid on.

A dot later, Samson plays the ball straight to cover and the batters get into a bit of a mix-up but Varma gets back in time.

Another dot later, Samson spots the short ball and swings the bat and sends the ball flying over long on for a six!

A dot to end the over as 7 come off it.

Abrar continues and Varma and Samson take a single each off the first two balls.

Varma then slog sweeps the flighted ball between deep mid-wicket and long on for a six!

Varma and Samson then take three singles as 11 come off it.

23:00

Dropped by Talat on 12

Ind 58-3 (10 ovs) vs Pak 146 | Scorecard

Ayub in the attack now and Samson chips it to long on for a single.

Varma then takes a single to the off side.

Samson then turns the ball to backward square leg for a single.

A dot later, Varma plays it to the off side for a single.

Samson then plays a dot as 4 come off it.

Leggie Abrar Ahmed is the new man in and Samson and Varma take a single off the first two balls.

Samson then goes to pull the short ball, mishits and it goes towards Talat at deep mid-wicket who drops the catch. One run for Samson.

Varma and Samson then take a single each before a dot to end the over as 5 come off it.

22:53

Runs flowing now for India

Ind 49-3 (8 ovs) vs Pak 146 | Scorecard

Medium pacer Haris Rauf in the attack now and he starts with a back of length ball that Sanju cuts it to backward point for a single.

Full and quick next and Varma punches it down the ground for a single.

Samson then latches on to the back of length ball quickly and pulls it past mid-wicket for a four!

Samson then guides the ball down to third man for a single.

Rauf around the wicket to Varma who plays the ball to the on side for a dot.

Another dot to end the over as 7 come off it.

Left arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz in the attack now and after a dot, Varma then sweeps the ball through square leg for a four!

Two dots later, Varma takes a single to backward square leg.

Samson then punches the ball past mid-off for a single. 6 come off the over.

22:45

Ashraf clobbered in last Powerplay over

Ind 36-3 (6 ovs) vs Pak 146 | Scorecard

Ashraf continues and Varma starts with two watchful dots.

Varma then punches the ball through covers as he waits on the slower one and he gets a four!

On the leg side next and Varma flicks the slower one over fine leg for a six!

Varma then edges the next ball and it falls short of the keeper. Dot ball.

Last ball of the Powerplay, Varma taps it down and calls for a single as 11 come off it.

Samson is the new man in.

Afridi continues and after two dots, Varma takes a single to backward square leg.

Samson then starts with a dot off an inside edge.

Samson then plays the ball to cover for a dot.

Samson then sweetly times the drive through covers for a four! A half volley and punished. A wicket and 5 runs come off it.

22:35

India in early trouble

Ind 20-3 (4 ovs) vs Pak 146 | Scorecard

Ashraf continues and Gill cuts it to backward point for a single.

Varma then plays the ball around and takes a single.

Gill then clips the slower ball to backward square leg for a couple.

Gill then plays the ball to mid-on for a dot.

Gill comes down and swats the slower short ball through mid-wicket for a four!

Gill comes down the wicket again and hits it towards mid-on, mistimed it and the fielder times his jump to perfection to complete an overhead catch. Gill is out for 12. India lose their third wicket.

Tilak Varma is the new man in and he plays out the full back down the ground for a dot.

Varma then plays the ball to the leg side and scampers for a single.

Match help up as Gill experiences some disturbance of some sort. The lights seem to have gone off on one side of the ground.

After the hold up match resumes and Gill taps the ball to the on side and takes a tight run, he dives in and he would have been out if the fielder had hit the stumps. 2 runs and a wicket come off it.

Afridi continues and he is testing Surya here as he bowls it full and two dots.

Slower and full next and Surya just chips it straight to Agha at mid-off who takes a low catch and tumbles twice before completing it cleaning. Third umpire called in. Replays show it's a clean catch and Surya is out for 1.

22:16

Sharma out for 5

Ind 10-1 (2 ovs) vs Pak 146 | Scorecard

Surya is the new man in and he starts with a dot.

Surya then gets off the mark with a single to the leg side.

Gill then chops the next one to the covers for a dot.

Slower ball again and Gill plays for another dot.

Gill then hits the ball to deep mid-wicket for a couple as 3 runs and a wicket come off it.

Faheem opens at the other end, slower ball, Sharma looks to go big, miscues and is caught at mid-on. He is out for 5. India lose early wicket.

Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill come out to chase 147 for victory as Shaheen Afridi opens the attack for Pakistan.

And Sharma comes down the track, attempts to swing and misses.

Bit for swing for the bowler. Sharma just guides it past backward point for a four!

Sharma is then beaten on the inside edge as he goes towards the leg stump.

Inside edge onto the foot and that is a dot.

Sharma then just picks up the next ball and plays it towards the vacant square leg area for a single.

Gill then guides the ball down towards deep backward point for a couple as 7 come off it.

21:54

India bowl out Pakistan for 146 as spinners strike in middle overs

Pak 146 (19.1 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Led by Kuldeep Yadav (4 for 30), India bowled out Pakistan for 137 in the Asia Cup final in Dubai on Sunday.

Pakistan were going nicely with Fakhar Zaman (46) and Sahibzada Farhan (57) taking to the attack against the Indians. Chakravarhy removed Farhan in the 8th over but the Pakistanis kept the runs flowing, even clobbering Kuldeep.

But once back in the attack, Kuldeep then removed Saim Ayub before wickets fell in a clump. Pakistan's shaky middle order could not face up to the Indian spinners, Kuldeep in particular, who broke their back in the 17th over picking three wickets for just one run.

Bumrah put the finishing touches with two wickets and Pakistan were bowled out for 146 in 19.1 overs.

Bumrah continues and he strikes first ball as Nawaz tries to go big only to find the fielder at deep mid-wicket and he is out for 6. Pakistan all out for 146.

Chakravarthy is back in the attack and Nawaz start the over with a couple to deep extra cover.

Nawaz then plays two dots before he plays the ball to short third man and Abrar calls for the single.

Abrar then plays the ball to the square leg, and batters say yes and no and then take the single.

A single to fine leg to end the over as 5 come off it.

Abrar Ahmed is the new man in and he starts with a dot.

Rauf is the new man in.

Bumrah back in the attack and Nawaz starts the over with a single to the off side.

Rauf then guides the next ball to third man for a boundary.

A dot later, Rauf takes another couple through to extra cover.

Bumrah then hits bulls eye as Rauf is bowled by the yorker and is out for 6.

21:34

Pakistan lose seven wickets in 5 overs!

Pak 134-8 (17 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Faheem Ashraf is the new man in and after a dot, he hits the ball straight to the man at mid off and is out for a duck. Pakistan lose their way as 1 run and 3 wickets come off it.

Afridi is the new man in and first ball he survives an LBW review as the ball is shown to hit his glove.

A wide and no run later, Kuldeep hits Afridi on the pad again as he tries to swing and miss. Big shout for LBW. No says the umpire. India review and the ball tracking shows he is hit in front of the middle stump. He is out for a duck.

Kuldeep is back in the attack and Agha goes for a unnecessary slog and he mishits the ball, Sanju runs to mid-wicket, calls for the catch and takes a good diving catch. Agha out for 8.

21:25

Ayub out for 14

Pak 133-5 (16 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Nawaz is the new man in and after a dot, he is off the mark with a single.

Agha ends the over with a single as 5 runs and a wicket come off it.

Axar continues and Agha starts the over with a couple.

Agha then takes a single to point.

Talat then tries to smash the ball over mid-wicket only for the ball to balloon up in the air, Samson gets under it and watches it safely into his gloves. Talat out for 1.

Hussain Talat is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single.

Agha ends the over with a single as 10 runs and a wicket come off it.

Chakravarthy continues and Zaman starts the over with a couple..

A play and a miss next. Wide ball and Zaman then just smashes it over long on for a six!

Chakravarthy keeps it full and wide again and Zaman doesn't control it and edges it to backward point and he is out for 46 off 35.

Agha is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single.

Zaman then takes a single. Agha takes 2 runs to end the over as a wicket and 5 runs come in the over.

Axar back in the attack now, a dot later, Zaman takes a single to square leg.

Full and flighted next and Haris lofts it straight to long off and he out for a duck.

Haris is the new man in and he starts with a dot. A wicket and 6 runs come off it.

Kuldeep is back in the attack and he starts with a wide.

A dot later, Ayub plays it to cover point and take a single.

A wide later, Zaman takes a couple to square leg.

He then plays the ball towards mid-wicket for a single.

A quicker and wider one next, Ayub goes for the cut when the ball wasn't there to cut, plays it straight to Bumrah at backward point and he is out for 14 off 11. Kuldeep gets his first wicket on the night.

21:00

No mercy for India bowlers

Pak 107-1 (12 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Off spinner Tilak Varma in the attack now.

He comes around the wicket, Ayub hangs back and drives the ball to mid on for a single.

Zaman then comes down the track and smacks the ball over long off for a four.

A dot later, Zaman inside edges the full ball towards deep square leg for a single.

Ayub then punches the ball down to long on for a single.

Varma now comes over the wicket and Zaman hits it towards extra cover for a couple as Gill fumbles at the boundary. 9 now come off it.

Dube is back in the attack and Ayub starts the over with a single.

Zaman then mishits to the leg side but gets a single.

Short ball next and Ayub swivel pulls it over deep square leg for a four.

A dot later, Ayub just tickles the leg side ball past short fine leg for a four!

Ayub then taps the ball down and scampers for a single as 11 come off it.

20:50

Farhan out for 57 off 38 balls

Pak 87-1 (10 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Saim Ayub is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single to the leg side.

Quicker ball next and Zaman laps it towards backward square leg for a couple as a wicket and 10 come off it.

Chakravarthy back in the attack and after a dot, Zaman takes a single to long off before Farhan slaps the ball over long on for a six!

Short ball next and Farhan pulls it straight down the throat of the fielder at deep mid-wicket and he is out for 57. Pakistan lose the first wicket.

Kuldeep continues and he starts with a wide.

Farhan then plays the next ball to long on for a single,

Loopy ball next and Zaman slog sweeps it over deep mid-wicket for a six!

Zaman then takes a single off a leg bye as the ball flies off his back pad over Samson.

Farhan then brings up his 50 with a couple over cover point.

Farhan and Zaman then take a single each as 13 come off it.

20:38

Goes after Kuldeep, Axar

Pak 64-0 (8 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Axar continues and Zaman sweeps it to square leg for a single.

Farhan then plays the short and wide ball to the off side for a couple.

A dot later, the slower, loopy ball is smacked to long on for a four!

Flatter and quicker next and Farhan takes a single to the leg side. A dot to end the over as 8 come off it.

Kuldeep in the attack now and Zaman and Farhan start with three singles in the over.

A dot later, short ball and Farhan pulls it between mid-wicket and long off as Rinku keeps it inside the boundary and the batters take two. 50 up for Pakistan.

Farhan then pulls the short ball over deep square leg for a six! 11 come off it.

20:31

Farhan looking good

Pak 45-0 (6 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Axar in the attack now and he comes around the wicket to Farhan who tucks him up the first two balls.

A short ball next and Farhan pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Zaman then tucks the ball around to the leg side and he takes a quick couple.

Zaman then sweeps the ball to backward square leg for a single.

Farhan then makes room and slaps the ball over extra cover to end the Powerplay overs with a four as 8 come off the over.

Varun Chakravarthy comes into the attack and after a dot, Farhan takes a single.

A dot later, Zaman comes down the track but he gets the bottom edge off the fuller and wider ball down to third man for a couple.

A dot later, Farhan punches the the ball to extra cover and a diving stop cuts down the boundary and only one is taken as 5 come off the over.

20:23

Pakistan up the ante

Pak 32-0 (4 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Bumrah continues and the short ball is pulled towards mid-wicket for a four.

Farhan then makes room and drives it straight to cover point for a dot.

Farhan in some mood now! He picks up the fuller ball, clears his foot and whacks the slower ball over long on for a six!

Farhan then plays the ball to the off side and scampers for a single even as the umpires send the run-out to the third umpire who deems the batter safe at the non-strikers' end.

He seems to have hurt his shoulder while taking that run. He is fit to resume.

Slower ball next, Zaman looks to guide it but it doesn't come on to the bat well and Sanju misfields on the collection and allows the batters a single.

A single to mid-off to end the over as 13 come off it.

Dube continues and Zaman drives the full ball down to mid-off for a single as the batters scamper for a single.

Farhan then makes room and plays the slower ball to extra cover for a single.

Zaman then comes down the track and whacks the full ball past the bowler who gets a hand to it and the batters only get a single.

Farhan then gets an inside edge and the ball rolls to the leg side, the batters take a single.

Next ball is angled across and Zaman can only play it to backward point for a dot.

Short ball, Zaman comes down, makes an adjustment and then ramps it over the keeper for a four! 8 come off the over.

20:11

India win toss, to bowl; Hardik out injured

Pak 10-0 (2 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Bumrah opens at the other end, comes around the wicket to Zaman who plays the first ball of the over to the leg side for a single, leg bye signalled.

Bumrah then gets some late swing and Farhan swings and misses.

Again! Farhan looks to go swinging as Bumrah keeps it around and outside the off stump.

Farhan then turns the next ball towards backward square leg for a couple.

Full and wide and Farhan gets a hold of it this time and smacks it over extra cover for a four!

Full and on the middle and Farhan swings and misses again as 6 come off the over.

Pakistan openers Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman come out to bat, while Shivam Dube will open the bowling for India.

And Dube starts with a couple of length ball Farhan starts with a dot. Farhan playing from the crease first two balls of the over.

Dube then bowls it fuller and Farhan plays and misses, rooted to the crease.

Farhan then comes down the track, Dube adjusts his lengths and short ball amounts to nothing.

Farhan then gets to the pitch of the ball and smashes it straight over long on for a four! That is opening runs for Pakistan.

A dot to end the over as 4 come off it.

19:40

Rinku and Dube come into India's Playing XI

India's captain Suryakumar Yadav has won the toss and elected to bowl against Pakistan in the Asia Cup final in Dubai on Sunday.

India has been hit with a massive jolt with Hardik Pandya ruled out with a niggle. Rinku Singh and Shivam Dube are in the Playing XI tonight.

Pakistan go into the final unchanged.

The pitch is expected to yield 170-plus runs. With Dube expected to open with Bumrah, Pakistan could likely go all guns blazing.

Playing XIs:

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha(c), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris(w), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy

Welcome to the Updates of the Asia Cup Final between India and Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday.

Winning isn't everything but for 11 Indian cricketers it would be the only thing on their minds when they take on an unpredictable Pakistan in the Asia Cup final, in Dubai, on Sunday after a high-voltage build-up that has blurred the lines between on-field sport and off-field politics.

Over the years, this contest has never lacked in adrenaline, but seldom has it arrived with such a volatile backdrop, where cricket seems inseparably knotted with off-field tension, provocative gestures, and fines slapped on both camps.

On paper, India are unbeaten juggernauts in the tournament, Sri Lanka alone pushing them to a Super Over in six back-to-back wins overall.

Pakistan, by contrast, stumbled and staggered to the finale. But as their head coach Mike Hesson wryly noted after beating Bangladesh: "The final is the only match that counts."

In this fixture, pedigree counts for little.

Even India's own support staff echoed the sentiment. Bowling coach Morne Morkel, dispatched for pre-match duty, admitted that aesthetics don't matter anymore: "Winning it ugly is still winning."

India's unbeaten run has been smooth, but it hasn't been injury-free.

Hardik Pandya's hamstring scare against Sri Lanka forced him off after a single over, while Abhishek Sharma too cramped up under the punishing Gulf heat.

"Hardik will be assessed tomorrow morning. Both him and Abhishek suffered cramps. But Abhishek is fine," Morkel reassured on Friday night.

That news is a relief as the Punjab left-hander has single-handedly shouldered India's batting load with 309 runs in six games. The gulf is telling -- Tilak Varma's 144 is the next best.

Law of averages, however, remains the looming shadow. As Pakistan legend Wasim Akram warned in a snap quote to PTI, "They need to get him early."

The real question is whether India's others can rally around their new talisman.

Suryakumar himself is due a commanding knock, Shubman Gill has flattered without finishing, and the likes of Sanju Samson and Tilak have only cashed in against Sri Lanka in inconsequential matches.

So far, it has been Abhishek laying down platforms in the Powerplay. What happens if he fails once?

India's batting throughout the tournament in the back-10 hasn't been convincing at all and one doesn't know what is the plan B if there is a top-order collapse.

If India lean too heavily on Abhishek, Pakistan's fragility is starker. Their batting, frankly, has bordered on abysmal.

Except Sahibzada Farhan, who briefly unsettled Jasprit Bumrah, there has been no batter of substance.

Saim Ayub, touted as their equivalent of Abhishek, has endured a nightmarish campaign -- four ducks, almost tallying more wickets with the ball than runs scored with the bat at one stage.

Hussain Talat and Salman Ali Agha have floundered against India's spinners. Sunday could once again be decided by Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy's guile.

Pakistan's slim hopes rest on their new-ball burst.

If Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf can dismantle India's top order early, a low-scoring scrap might unfold. But as with India's over-reliance on Abhishek, Shaheen and Haris need allies, something Pakistan have sorely lacked.

India's bowling coach Morne Morkel said that the team has enough skills to withstand any pressure associated with the final.

"I mean, the boys have got all the skills. They have played in a lot...but I just think for this group, when put under a little bit of pressure, we just need to have more clarity in thinking."

Squads:

India: Surya Kumar Yadav (Captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (w/k), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (w/k), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.

Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (Captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufyan Moqim.

Asia Cup FINAL UPDATES: India need 10 off the last over

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