India will clash with arch -rivals Pakistan in the final of the Asia Cup 2025, which will be played at Dubai International Stadium on 28 September. This will be the first Asia Cup final between India and Pakistan in the 41 -year history of the tournament, which will add another level of adventure to this match. Earlier in the tournament, India had tasted victory against Pakistan twice. India dominated the group phase match and won by seven wickets thanks to the 3 -wicket match Jitau Spell for 18 runs for 18 runs.
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In the Super 4 match, Abhishek Sharma scored an explosive innings of 74 runs in 39 balls, flying the Pakistan bowling attack and paved the way for India by six wickets. For India, Abhishek Sharma has been the best batsman of the current tournament. Abhishek scored a third consecutive half -century in the current Asia Cup. On Friday, in his final match of Super 4, he scored an attractive innings of 61 runs in 31 balls with the help of eight fours and two sixes in 31 balls. His strike rate was 196.77. He has surpassed Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan (281 runs in six innings of the 2022 T20 Asia Cup) in the T20 Asia Cup.
He is the highest run -scorer in the current Asia Cup by scoring 309 runs in six innings, an average of 51.50, strike rate of 204.63 and three half -centuries. His best score in this tournament is 75 runs. He has performed the best ever in the T20 I Asia Cup by a batsman by beating Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan (281 runs in six innings during the 2022 T20I Asia Cup).
Tilak Verma (144), Indian vice-captain Shubman Gill (115), and wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson (108) have played a key role in India’s success and have strengthened the team’s strong performance in the tournament by creating important partnerships. However, Suryakumar Yadav’s poor performance continued since he became the captain of India, when he played a strong innings against Sri Lanka in the Super Force match of the Asia Cup in Dubai on Friday. In July last year, the responsibility of captaincy with Rohit was handed over to Suryakumar, when the experienced opener said goodbye to the format after winning India’s magnificent T20 World Cup title in Barbados.
Since the leadership of the leadership hiezen, Suryakumar has not been in the run and form. The explosive batsman scored a century against Bangladesh in October 2024, who is his last half -century as captain. In 2025, Suryakumar’s performance was extremely poor, scoring 99 runs in 10 innings at an average of 12.37, with his strike rate to be extremely low in 110.00, and his best score was 47*.
Kuldeep Yadav is performing brilliantly in the current Asia Cup and is using his variations fully to dodge the batsmen. He is currently at the top of the list of wicket -taking wickets in six matches with an impressive average of 9.84 and 13 wickets at an economy rate of 6.05. On taking three more wickets, he will overtake all -rounder Hardik Pandya (14 wickets) as India’s top wicket bowler in the tournament, and on taking five wickets, he can overtake Sri Lanka’s Vanindu Hasreng (17 wickets) as the bowler who takes the most wickets in the history of three T20I versions of the tournament.
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For Pakistan, before reaching the finals, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf’s fast bowling pair have been a strike bowler with nine wickets in six innings. Afridi is also bowling at an impressive economy rate of 6.91, while Rauf is bowling at a slightly higher economy rate of 7.84. Sahibzada Farhan has been the best batsman for Pakistan in the tournament, who has scored 160 runs in six innings at an average of 26.66; However, his strike rate is slightly higher than 100. Apart from Fahan, Fakhar Zaman (135) and Mohammad Haris (131) have supported him throughout the tournament.