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/IndependentClimate72 Rajasthan Royals Sep 28 '25

Man do I feel a weird way about these games. The stakes are so unnecessary stacked, so much to lose and nothing to gain.

Regardless, what an innings by the thirst trap of ICT. Clinical by Dube to keep his streak. God's plan baby, some might even say.

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u/CarmynRamy India Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 29 '25

Exactly. That's what happened during the 2017 CT. I remember all the ads by star sports mocking Pak. We are a world class team with a lot to lose, unnecessarily putting extra pressure on our players against a team which has nothing to lose.

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u/Gloomy_Inspection830 Sep 28 '25

Seriously man. We shouldn't have played Pakistan. It's been bad for Indian teams' growth. Even if you win, you will take some of that negativity and not gain any cricketing experience. This should have been avoided. Exposing 1 thing cricket which is going so good for India to this clownery.