In the high-voltage clash of Asia Cup 2025, Pakistan has given India a target of 128 runs to win, Sahibzada Farhan was the outstanding batsman by scoring 40 runs.
According to the details, the toss of the Pakistan-India high-voltage clash at the Dubai Stadium was in favor of Pakistan, on which captain Salman Ali Agha decided to bat.
Pakistan’s opener and middle order failed once again, but due to Sahibzada Farhan’s forty and Shaheen’s 33 runs, the total score reached 127.
Apart from this, five important players could not even enter double figures, while Fakhar Zaman could score 17, Faheem Ashraf 11 and Safyan Muqim 10 runs.
For India, Kuldeep Yadav took three for 18 runs in four overs, while Axar Patel and Bumrah took 2 each and Hardik Pandya and Varun Chakravarthy took one wicket each.
Pakistan’s innings
Pakistan’s innings was started by Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan. Saim fell victim to Pandya for a total score of three without scoring a run, while in the very next over, Mohammad Nawaz was dismissed by Hardik Pandya. Thus, at the end of two overs, the national team scored 7 runs for the loss of two wickets.
Fakhar Zaman increased the pressure by hitting Hardik Pandya for 2 fours in the third over of the innings, and in this over, the national team scored runs and brought the total score to 20.
In the fourth over, Sahibzada Farhan hit Bumrah for a magnificent six, thus, at the end of the over, the national team’s total score reached 26 for the loss of two wickets.
In the fifth over, Fakhar Zaman hit the mystery bowler Varun Chakravarthy for a four, bringing the score to 34 at the end of the over.
In the sixth over, Sahibzada Farhan hit another six and then took two runs, after which the score reached 42 for the loss of two wickets. On the fifth ball of this over, the bowler reviewed, but the third umpire declared Sahibzada Farhan not out.
The seventh over was bowled by Kuldeep Yadav, which was played very cautiously by both the batsmen and only two runs could be scored in this over, after which the total score reached 42 at the end.
The eighth over did not prove to be good for the national team and Fakhar Zaman was caught out for 17 runs in the process of playing a high short on the fifth ball of the over by Patel, thus at the end of the over, the national team scored 45 runs for the loss of three wickets.
In the ninth over, Salman Ali Agha was declared lbw out, but his review call worked and the third umpire declared him not out, at the end of this over, the national team could score 47 runs.
At the end of 10 overs, the national team could score 49 runs for the loss of three wickets. On the first ball of the 11th over, Axar Patel showed the way to the pavilion for a total score of three.
At the end of the 11th over, the national team’s total score reached 54 runs for the loss of 4 wickets, and at the end of the 12th over, the score reached 62 for the loss of 4 wickets.
In the 13th over, Hassan Nawaz returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs, after which Muhammad Nawaz was dismissed without scoring any runs, thus Pakistan’s total score of 64 fell by 6 wickets.
At the end of the 16th over, the national team scored 83 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. On the very next ball, Sahibzada Farhan returned to the pavilion after scoring 40 runs.
At the end of the 17th over, the national team’s total score was 90 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Batting aggressively in the 18th over, Shaheen Afridi tried to push the score forward, but Faheem Ashraf was out lbw with him, thus 8 players were out for a total score of 98 and the total score reached 99 at the end of the over.
In the 19th over, Safyan Muqeem was bowled clean on Bumrah’s full toss and Pakistan’s score reached 111 for 9.
Shaheen Shah Afridi helped take the total score to 127 by hitting two consecutive sixes in the last over. He played a brilliant innings of 33 runs off 16 balls with the help of 4 sixes and remained not out.
Playing XI
Pakistan
Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (captain), Hassan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Safyan Muqim, Abrar Ahmed
India
Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson, Shivam, Hardik Pandya, Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ron Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah
A quick look at the 8-year rivalry
The team bowling first has won seven of the last eight matches played between the two teams since 2014.
Pakistan and India have played three T20Is in Dubai and the team bowling first has won all three.
Pakistan won the 2021 T20 World Cup by 10 wickets and the 2022 Asia Cup by five wickets.
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