India vs Pakistan Highlights, Asia Cup 2025: IND brush past PAK with extreme ease, all but confirmed for Super 4s
- India vs Pakistan Highlights, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: India defeat Pakistan without ever really breaking a sweat! With 25 balls to spare, a small target of 128 is hauled down with captain Suryakumar Yadav scoring 47*, and Kuldeep Yadav starring with a three-fer.
India vs Pakistan Highlights, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Easy business for India in this much-awaited match! Total domination from the men in blue from the very first over, and once the momentum was earned early on, they never let go. Pakistan wickets kept tumbling, in particular to Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel, but the lack of partnerships meant India were never threatened. A late Shaheen Shah Afridi cameo pushed them to 127/9, but that was never going to be enough to hurt this Indian batting full of power-hitters. Abhishek Sharma set the tone with 31(13), and then a simple chase was guided home by Tilak Varma and a fine 47* from captain Suryakumar Yadav which guided the team home with 25 deliveries to spare....Read More
India rocked Pakistan inside the first two overs, with Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya breathing fire early. Hardik dismissed Saim Ayub first ball of the match after beginning with a wide, before Bumrah struck to get rid of Mohammad Haris. Fakhar Zaman survived a close LBW call, with a review saving him. Just when Fakhar Zaman and Sahibzada Farhan threatened to take the match away from India, in comes Axar Patel into the attack and removes the dangerous left-handed Zaman to send Pakistan 3 down. Fakhar and Farhan recovered the Pakistan innings, lifting them from 6/2 to finish the Powerplay at 42/2.
Pakistan were in shambles… and then some, losing wickets in a cluster. Kuldeep joined the party, picking up two wickets in two balls. He dropped a tough caught and bowled chance but made up for his error the very next ball, getting Hasan Nawaz. And the very next ball, he trapped Mohammad Nawaz out LBW, the review not saving him. Sahibzada Farhan held the innings together with a patient 40 off 44 balls, but with him perishing to become Kuldeep's third wicket, it was only a matter of time before India wrapped up the innings.
The Asia Cup Group A clash between India and Pakistan turned into a controversy. At the toss, India captain Suryakumar refused the customary handshake with his Pakistan counterpart Salman Ali Agha. As soon as Ravi Shastri introduced the two skippers, Suryakumar chose not to extend his hand.
Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat against India in Match 6 of the Asia Cup 2025 at the Dubai International Stadium. Salman Ali Agha has stuck with the team that beat Oman, meaning Haris Rauf continues to sit out. Same for India, who are unchanged from their match against the UAE. Arshdeep Singh misses out again.
If you are a cricket fan, few fixtures deliver more thrills than the one slated for 14 September. The arch-rivals, India and Pakistan, square off in an epic clash that arrives amid a charged backdrop. Still, irrespective of the noise around it, this comes down to skill and execution on the night. In this preview, we break down the game through a few key lenses.
IND vs PAK, Asia Cup 2025 Match Details
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, UAE Date: 14 September 2025 Time: 8:00 PM IST
IND vs PAK: Head-to-Head in T20Is
Played: 13
India Won: 10
Pakistan Won: 3
Head-to-Head in Dubai
Played: 3
India Won: 1
Pakistan Won: 2
IND vs PAK, Asia Cup 2025: Pitch Report
The surface at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium has tended to be on the slower side, with plenty in it for spinners. In the Asia Cup 2025 so far, two games have been played here; one won by the team setting the target and the other by the chasing side. Expect another contest where spin in the middle overs could be decisive.
IND vs PAK, Asia Cup 2025: Playing XIs
India Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
Pakistan Playing XI: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Ali Agha (c), Hasan Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed
IND vs PAK, Asia Cup 2025: Form Check
India Suryakumar Yadav and his men have begun their campaign emphatically. India looked settled across departments in a commanding opening win over the United Arab Emirates. The UAE didn’t stretch India’s bowling resources at the death, which leaves one minor selection puzzle. Against a stronger Pakistan batting unit, Arshdeep Singh’s inclusion would deepen India’s death-overs options.
Pakistan Much like India, Pakistan started with a statement, steamrolling Oman and carrying momentum into the marquee clash. Salman Ali Agha will be pleased with the balance on display in the opener, though one tweak feels logical: specialist quick Haris Rauf should return to the XI for a high-intensity contest like this.
IND vs PAK, Asia Cup 2025: Key Player Battles
Abhishek Sharma vs Saim Ayub : Abhishek showcased power hitting from ball one. Recently, Salman Ali Agha has used Saim Ayub as a handy powerplay option. With Abhishek intent on attacking early, Pakistan might reprise that move. Abhishek averages under 25 against off-spin in T20Is, but his IPL record against the bowling type: strike rate near 180 and average close to 47—complicates the read. On a slower Dubai track, though, early off-spin could still test him and tilt the powerplay.
Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy vs Pakistan’s Middle Order: India’s spin duo looked sharp in the first game. Kuldeep was close to unplayable, with Chakaravarthy equally stifling. Expect Suryakumar to apply the squeeze through overs 7 for 15. How Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Haris, Fakhar Zaman, and Hasan Nawaz manage that phase may dictate Pakistan’s ceiling.
Conclusion
The stage is set for a blockbuster. Both teams look settled and ready. So far, Dubai has hinted that 180-plus could be a winning score, but dew may shift the equation, with run-making likely to ease in the second half. With all the tension, talk, and scrutiny around this rivalry, it’s time for cricketing skills to decide the night.
India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2025 Highlights
- Pakistan captain Salman Agha won the toss and opted to bat
- Pakistan remain unchanged from the team that beat Oman
- No Arshdeep Singh for India, or Haris Rauf for Pakistan
- Hardik Pandya strikes on the first legal ball of the match
- Jasprit Bumrah adds a second wicket, puts India on top
- Pakistan rebuild with Fakhar Zaman looking in good touch
- Spin does the trick, Axar Patel removes Fakhar
- Axar at the double, removes captain Salman Agha
- Pakistan finish with 127/9 in 20 overs owing to Shaheen Shah Afridi's unbeaten 33-run knock
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- 14 Sept 2025, 11:45:11 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Suryakumar Yadav speaks after the big win, dedicates result to Indian armed forces
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: SKY speaks after the big win as the crowd sings him happy birthday!
“It's a great feeling, and a perfect return gift to India. It keeps running in your mind when you play a game like this, you want to win it, and when you win it you have something ready,” he says cheekily.
“One box I wanted to tick, stay till the end, need of the hour. See the team through to the end. For me and for my boys it's just another game. We prepare same for all the oppositions.”
“Few months back in the Champions Trophy, they set the tone (with the spinners). I'm always a fan of spinners and they set the tone perfectly.”
“Thank you, wanted to take the time to say we stand by the victims of the families of the Pahalgam terror attack and stand by in solidarity. We dedicate this win to the armed forces, who stand by us and show bravery, and continue to inspire us all with their bravery.”
- 14 Sept 2025, 11:40:57 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Kuldeep Yadav wins player of the match!
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Kuldeep Yadav wins player of the match after taking 3/18, continuing his phenomenal tournament thus far.
“Nothing much different. Just execute the plan. You just have to think who is batting at the crease and react to their strength. First ball is always a wicket-taking ball, take that mindset, and try to execute that ball. Whoever is batting is facing you for the first time, you have the chance to get on top of him.”
“I still need to work hard on my bowling. Some times I feel I try too many variations. I learn day by day, game by game. There's room for improvement.”
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- 14 Sept 2025, 11:19:25 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Surya seals it with a six! India finish dominant win with 25 balls to spare
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Game over with a huge hit over midwicket! Emphatic finish to the game, and India never looked like losing this game. A match which unfortunately highlighted the gulf that still exists between these two teams at all levels. India now all but through to the Super 4s.
- 14 Sept 2025, 11:12:59 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Just 5 runs away!
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Shivam Dube launches and India are just 5 runs away with 5 overs left. One hit away, SKY on strike, will he look to end it with a flurry?
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- 14 Sept 2025, 11:05:07 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Tilak Varma dismissed! Saim Ayub gets his third
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Tilak Varma is castled! He's failed twice with the bat but he's delivering with the ball. Tilak gone for 31, but only 30 left to win. Shivam Dube in.
- 14 Sept 2025, 10:50:21 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Just 40 needed off last 10
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Required rate down to just 4 with plenty of batting to go. SKY and Tilak could make quick work of this if they really want.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 10:46:35 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Tilak Varma goes big, and SKY follows!
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: What a hit by Tilak! Reads Muqeem's googly, goes for the slog sweep with the spin, and lands it in the second tier. Two balls later, a late cut past third for four more. India humming along.
- 14 Sept 2025, 10:41:33 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: 71/2 after 8
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: India controlling their scoring now, not taking risks against the spinners. Ticking it along calmly.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 10:34:36 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Tilak Varma keeps the boundary-hitting going! 61/2 after powerplay
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Phenomenal powerplay for India. Tilak scores three boundaries through the offside with some excellent hitting, including a reverse hit. The powerplay dominated, India already almost halfway there.
- 14 Sept 2025, 10:23:45 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Abhishek goes 4, 4, out! Fun ends
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Abhishek Sharma departs! Really good 31 off just 13 for him, his pursuit of more boundaries ends with him caught at the boundary. India will feel he has done his job, required rate already all the way down to near 5.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 10:17:23 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: WOWZA! This is some onslaught!
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Abhishek Sharma is showing no respect to Shaheen Shah Afridi as he is smacking him left, right and centre. The counter-attack is well and truly on. Abhishek is threatening to run away with the game.
India 33/1 in 2.4 overs.
- 14 Sept 2025, 10:13:27 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: OUT! Shubman falls!
India vs. Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs. PAK: Saim Ayub provides Pakistan's first breakthrough, as Shubman Gill is stumped. Pakistan draw first blood and the right-hander goes back for 10 off 7 balls.
India 22/1 in 2 overs.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 10:11:56 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Shubman joins the act!
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Shubman Gill dances down the track and hits Saim Ayub straight as an arrow for a FOUR! His first boundary of the game. He follows it up with another four. Truly SUBLIME from Gill. India off to a flying start.
India 22/0 in 1.5 overs
- 14 Sept 2025, 10:09:20 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: 12 runs off the opening over
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill are up and running as India post 12 runs in the opening over. The left-handed Abhishek has made his intentions clear and he will definitely go after the bowling. Shubman Gill's approach will hold the key.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 10:06:54 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Abhishek Sharma shows who's the BOSS
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Abhishek Sharma is wasting no time in taking down Shaheen Shah Afridi. The first two balls go for a FOUR and a SIX, and India are up and running. This will be done in no time if Abhishek stays at the crease for 3-4 overs.
India 11/0 in 0.4 overs
- 14 Sept 2025, 10:04:04 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: All set for India's innings!
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Shaheen Shah Afridi has the ball in his hand. Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma are in the middle and India's chase is about to begin. The target of 128. Only time will tell how quickly India chase this down to get over with the proceedings.
Let the action begin!
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- 14 Sept 2025, 09:59:22 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Varun, Axar and Kuldeep Yadav spin a web
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Varun Chakaravarthy, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Abhishek Sharma bowled 13 overs, conceding just 65 runs. The trio also scalped 6 wickets between themselves.
On the other hand, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah gave away 62 runs runs in the remaining seven overs, taking three wickets. Clearly, the strategy is right there for Pakistan. Expect a lot of spin when India batters come out.
- 14 Sept 2025, 09:56:00 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Shaheen's blitz adds some respectability
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Pakistan were down and out for the majority of the innings against India and at one stage, it seemed that Salman Ali Agha's team wouldn't even go past the 100-run mark. However, Shaheen Shah Afridi's unbeaten 33-run knock off 16 balls added some respectability and finally, Pakistan have something to play with at the halfway mark.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 09:50:11 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Pakistan finish on 127/9
ndia vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Some really powerful hitting from Shaheen Afridi means it's not a miserably low score, but this is still something you would say India have a 90% chance of chasing down. Odds in their favour, but you never know in this sort of match. Back soon for the chase, where Pakistan will want to be the ones to squash India's batting.
- 14 Sept 2025, 09:43:08 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Hardik gets smashed! Shaheen deposits two in succession deep into the stands
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Wow, how about that for some hitting! Shaheen just clears his front leg and swings his arm freely, and it flies over the leg side twice.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 09:39:51 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Bumrah gets his revenge! Stumps flying
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Can do it once, maybe twice, but never thrice. Muqeem goes for an elaborate scoop, and your number 10 batter is not the one to pull it off. Bursts past him and hits timber. 111/9, one over to go.
- 14 Sept 2025, 09:38:05 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Bumrah conceding a couple of boundaries!
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: It's the pacer who is getting the hits, and even one as good as Bumrah. Muqeem now connecting well on two hits to pick up fours.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 09:35:48 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Varun finally has some joy! 8 down
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Varun Chakravarthy was bowling well without much success, but he gets one LBW here.
Bumrah on for his last.
- 14 Sept 2025, 09:30:26 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Shaheen causing damage late! Two sixes already
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Shaheen Shah has been hitting it well so far. One six off Kuldeep over midwicket, and then another off Varun over long-off with a fine hit.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 09:27:00 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: And Farhan's long vigil comes to an end!
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: He opened, he saw six partners tumble, and now he has succumbed himself. Kuldeep's third wicket, Pakistan really have no answers for this man.
- 14 Sept 2025, 09:22:56 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: 83/6 after 16
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Pakistan going at well under 6 an over, and it's into the death. Farhan has been here from the off, set now on 40 off 43. He needs to get Pakistan to at least 140 somehow.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 09:10:42 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Two in two for Kuldeep! Six down, on a hat-trick
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Both Nawazes are out on consecutive balls! A googly which the lefty plays all around, thuds into his pads, and no DRS rescue this time.
Hat-trick ball… Just kept out by the new batter.
- 14 Sept 2025, 09:05:39 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Kuldeep Yadav drops a wicket – but makes up with a wicket next ball!
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Everything going India's way! Kuldeep Yadav shells a sharp return catch, can't hang on with the dive. Next ball, loops it up, and it's a huge top edge that goes nowhere. Axar Patel can settle under it with ease, and he is never dropping those.
64/5, Pakistan in a muddle.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 08:55:53 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: ANOTHER ONE FOR AXAR PATEL! INDIA ON FIRE
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: SALMAN AGHA IS GONE! Goes for the big slop and it's a big top edge, just goes right to square leg who can settle under it and snap it up! Sunil Gavaskar utterly disappointed with Pakistan, who are in a mess at 49/4.
- 14 Sept 2025, 08:49:42 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Varun nearly gets the fourth, but another DRS reprieve!
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: DRS giving a helping hand to Pakistan! Twice the umpire has judged LBW, twice DRS has rescued a Pakistan batter. This time Salman's sweep doesn't connect, but fortunate as it slides just past leg stump.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 08:45:13 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Kuleep applies the pressure, and Axar strikes to remove Fakhar!
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: There's the wicket! It was coming too, Pakistan were striking well without finding the boundary. Kuldeep conceded only two of his over, and Zaman tries to go with the spin to tonk Axar down the ground. Angled across him, holds up, and it's sliced straight into the air for a comfortable catch. Huge moment! 45/3.
- 14 Sept 2025, 08:37:20 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: 42/2 after the powerplay
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Solid end to the powerplay despite the remarkable Indian start. Pakistan going at 7, that won't be good enough – and now the Indian spin stifle begins.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 08:34:42 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Pakistan looking dangerous now!
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Good from this partnership! Finding the boundaries in the powerplay to get the rate moving despite the two early wickets.
Jasprit Bumrah already hit for two sixes – but his figures still remain strong as usual.
- 14 Sept 2025, 08:27:35 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Varun Chakravarthy on in the powerplay
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Spin on early. Varun will be hoping to draw a false stroke.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 08:23:18 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: 13 run over off Hardik
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Pakistan answer back! Fakhar Zaman with a couple of boundaries, and two run off a wide down leg as well. A little bit of a response to two early wickets.
- 14 Sept 2025, 08:19:28 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Bumrah nearly gets a third! DRS reprieve for Fakhar
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Nearly another with a searing toe-crushing yorker! Umpire's finger goes up, India are jubilant, but Fakhar goes up almost immediately. Gets saved – pitched outside leg, but so close.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 08:13:22 PM IST
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: NOW BUMRAH STRIKES! India all over Pakistan
India vs Pakistan LIVE Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: INDIA ON TOP! TERRIFIC STUFF! The attempt to go over the top fails for Haris, who skies it and Pandya can settle under it for an easy catch.
- 14 Sept 2025, 08:05:18 PM IST
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: HARDIK PANDYA STRIKES!!!
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A START! First ball wide, next ball is a simple one to put away, but Ayub guides it straight to Bumrah at point. Two golden ducks in a row for the Pakistan opener!
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- 14 Sept 2025, 08:01:50 PM IST
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Ready to go! Indian fielders run out onto the pitch, and here come the openers
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Ready to go now! Surprise as Hardik Pandya takes the new ball. Can he make an early impact?
- 14 Sept 2025, 07:56:06 PM IST
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Conspicuous lack of handshake between Salman Agha and Suryakumar Yadav
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Already a bone of contention in this match! After the handshake situation from the pre-tournament captains' meet, a repeat in the middle. Agha completed his comments to Ravi Shastri, and then crossed over past SKY with neither captain extending a hand as you would usually see. A sign of things to come in this match?
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- 14 Sept 2025, 07:47:57 PM IST
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: India's playing XI
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK:
India Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
- 14 Sept 2025, 07:46:39 PM IST
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Pakistan's playing XI
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK:
Pakistan Playing XI: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Ali Agha (c), Hasan Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed
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- 14 Sept 2025, 07:40:44 PM IST
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Wasim Akram says Pakistan have to aim for 180
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Wasim Akram on Sony's pre-match show says runs on the board are a good idea in this sort of match, but warns that against this powerful Indian team, that means a score of 175-180 minimum.
Salman Agha said it would be a slow pitch at the toss, and that will mean they have a big task on their hands against Kuldeep and Varun.
- 14 Sept 2025, 07:34:01 PM IST
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Pakistan win the toss – and opt to bat first!
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: How about that for an early surprise in this match! Most pundits were dead-set on chasing at a venue where batting second seems to be a big advantage, but Salman Agha has opted to bat first and asked Suryakumar Yadav and his team to chase!
Same side for India heading into this match. Wow, big call, will it pay off for Pakistan?
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- 14 Sept 2025, 07:26:00 PM IST
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Coach Gautam Gambhir addresses Team India huddle before toss
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Live visuals from Dubai show Gautam Gambhir addressing his troops before the toss, with key pointers being sent out to the players right before SKY heads to the middle. What will the message be? Will it be to compartmentalise the energy that the crowd is bringing, the context surrounding the match, or to use it to produce their best?
- 14 Sept 2025, 07:17:33 PM IST
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Fans begin to pile in for key contest
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Less than 15 minutes from the toss now, and the excitement is really building in and around the stadium. Should be an energetic crowd as it slowly builds towards the start of the match.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 07:13:23 PM IST
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: The Sanju Samson question: where does he bat?
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: As far as India’s tactical plans for this Asia Cup go, the big question mark has been how Sanju Samson squeezes into a team where he isn’t going to open. He has already tried out finishing during the recent Kerala T20 league, but will he bat as low as 6? Or will he be part of that little rotational unit of Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma, coming in at 3 or 4 to take advantage in case an early wicket falls in the powerplay? If he does have to step into finish, it would be a challenging role to play in a crunch match such as this one. India will be hoping his talent rises to the top.
- 14 Sept 2025, 07:04:38 PM IST
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Pakistan have their own left-arm leggie to support Abrar
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: What has changed for Pakistan is that they have unearthed their own answer to Kuldeep Yadav. With Abrar providing the right arm angle, he will form a tandem with Sufiyan Muqeem. 18 T20Is into his career, the numbers are sensational: an average under 14, an economy of 6.09. This is the first time India will be playing this spinner, and with a strong core of left-handed hitters and powerful spin bashers, just a few more questions might be tossed up by a Pakistan bowling unit that feels that much more well-rounded.
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- 14 Sept 2025, 06:57:02 PM IST
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Kuldeep the key weapon during hot run of form
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: Kuldeep Yadav is already in good form, having taken 4 wickets for just 7 runs against UAE. This is a confidence bowler, one who is difficult to stop when he finds his rhythm, and that he has. He took 3 wickets last time out in the Champions Trophy, and now a bowler who isn’t afraid to get hit and all the more dangerous for it, will be a puzzle Pakistan need the answers to on a tricky Dubai surface. Will Kuldeep continue his streak of impressive performances versus the rivals, or will they find some way to take him down using a freshly attacking batting lineup?
- 14 Sept 2025, 06:51:35 PM IST
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: India’s bowling gameplan will continue to be suffocation via spin
India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: More recently, India have played Pakistan in Dubai during this year’s Champions Trophy group stages, where the three-pronged spin attack was in complete control to leave Pakistan completely out of answers. On the day, the trio of Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, and Ravindra Jadeja combined for figures of 5-129 in 26 overs. With Varun Chakravarthy stepping in for Jadeja, more wickets and just as much control will be expected, with the majority of Indian overs expected to come from their hands.
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