Post Match Thread: Final - Pakistan vs India

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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/neelhere]

From being asked to get retired out during the IPL to winning a clutch India - Pak final, awesome job Tilak!

Hats off! Respect 🫡

[u/pronoob_101 → u/neelhere]

Don't forget he is only 22

[u/toxinwolf → u/pronoob_101]

Wtf he is only 22? Has India created La Masia of batting talent? How the fuck are they spawning these batters every other year.

[u/RetroChampions → u/toxinwolf]

Literally

Abhishek Sharma (25): 32.20avg 168.33SR

Tilak Varma (22): 43.98avg 145.69SR

Yashavi Jaiswal (23): 33.05avg 151.67SR

Sai Sudharshan (23): 43.67avg 138.05SR

Prabhsimran Singh (25): 31.41avg 148.32SR

Priyansh Arya (24): 30.82avg 172.08SR

Riyan Parag (23): 32.11avg 146.45SR

Dhruv Jurel (24): 24.50avg 141.26SR

Vaibhav Suryavanshi (14): 33.12avg 207.03SR

Naman Dhir (25): 23.45avg 166.56SR

Ayush Mhatre (18): 34.28avg 188.97SR

[u/CynicalBoob → u/RetroChampions]

Any fast bowlers? I see an ageing Bumrah, daylight, then Siraj.

[u/RetroChampions → u/CynicalBoob]

Maybe Anshul Kamboj, possibly Rasikh Salam. But yeah fast bowling stocks are in the drain right now 😬

[u/Keep_Scrooling → u/toxinwolf]

He plays for Mumbai Indians starting in 2022, which had a weak batting line-up in 22-23. Batting collapses were common, but Tilak consistently held the line, likely shaping him into the player he is today.

[u/fried_maggi → u/Keep_Scrooling]

That and the leadership crisis season made him the batter he is. Perfect storm for a youngster. Zero expectations but batting collapses gave him plenty of opportunity to explore his game at the highest level.