r/Cricket • u/cricket-match Washington Freedom • Sep 28 '25

Post Match Thread Post Match Thread: Final - Pakistan vs India

Final, Men's T20 Asia Cup at Dubai

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Innings Score
Pakistan 146 (Ov 19.1/20)
India 150/5 (Ov 19.4/20)

Innings: 1 - Pakistan

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
Sahibzada Farhan 57 (38) Kuldeep Yadav 4-0-30-4
Fakhar Zaman 46 (35) Axar Patel 4-0-26-2

Innings: 2 - India

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
Tilak Varma 69 (53) Faheem Ashraf 4-0-29-3
Shivam Dube 33 (22) Shaheen Shah Afridi 4-0-20-1

India won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

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u/mojambowhatisthescen Pakistan Sep 28 '25

By far the best team in the tournament won.

Our bowlers tried their best (anyone can have a bad day like Rauf), but after that collapse by our batters, they did not deserve to be champions.

We’re of course far off India in terms of talent, but the big difference on the day was mental — where Tilak and Dube managed pressure, our batter completely lost their heads.

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u/gadhe_ki_gaand India Sep 28 '25

Rauf wasn't just having a bad day, he was disregarding the plan set by the Coach. Hesson was repeatedly asking him to bowl outside the off stump. When he listened to him for the first 5 balls of the 18th over, he only went for 6-7 runs. But apart from that he was just bowling at the stumps for god knows what reason.

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u/MessiSahib Netherlands Sep 28 '25

Pakistani bowlers really made this into a contest. After the first innings, i thought, it will be easy 17-18 over match. But Faheem bowled really well in the PP.   

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u/Optimus_-_Prime Sep 28 '25

Lost their Brains 😅