India beat Pakistan by seven wickets in Asia Cup 2025

Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and the Indian spinners prima successful the Group A fixture successful Dubai.

Dubai, UAE – Pakistan’s agelong hold to bushed India successful a men’s cricket lucifer continues aft their Asia Cup 2025 fixture ended successful a thumping seven-wicket win for the defending champions successful Dubai.

Opener Abhishek Sharma took the lucifer distant from Pakistan with his belligerent innings of 31 runs disconnected 13 balls, and skipper Suryakumar Yadav followed suit with 47 runs disconnected 37 balls arsenic India won their 2nd lucifer of the tourney connected Sunday.

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It was the Sharma amusement from the archetypal shot of India’s tally pursuit arsenic the young opener took isolated Pakistan’s experienced pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi successful his archetypal over.

Sharma, the top-ranked men’s Twenty20 (T20) batter, deed the archetypal shot for a 4 and followed it up with a six implicit the screen fielder.

He would spell connected to deed different six and 3 much fours earlier falling to part-time spinner Saim Ayub.

Ayub, whose main relation successful the squad is arsenic an opening batter, was the sole wicket-taker for Pakistan arsenic helium besides dismissed Shubman Gill for 10 (7) and Tilak Varma for a run-a-ball 31.

Despite the nonaccomplishment of 3 wickets, India ne'er looked to beryllium struggling successful the tally chase, which was sealed with a six by Suryakumar successful the 16th over.

Earlier, erstwhile Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha won the flip and opted to bat first, it seemed similar the close telephone arsenic the Dubai transportation has slowed down successful the 2nd innings successful the earlier matches.

However, Pakistan were dealt an aboriginal stroke erstwhile Ayub was caught retired astatine constituent disconnected Hardik Pandya’s bowling connected the archetypal shot of the match.

One-down batter Mohammad Haris followed suit successful the adjacent implicit arsenic India’s prima bowler Jasprit Bumrah struck.

While Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman concisely revived Pakistan’s innings, India’s trio of spinners ensnared six wickets successful 10 overs to permission Pakistan scrambling to decorativeness their 20 overs.

It wasn’t until Afridi and leg-spin bowler Sufiyan Muqeem deed 4 fours and 2 sixes that Pakistan crossed the 100-run people successful their 19th over.

The precocious flourish helped Pakistan acceptable a comparatively respectable people of 128, but it was ne'er going to beryllium capable for a power-packed Indian batting lineup.

India walked distant with 2 points and walked disconnected without shaking hands with the Pakistan team, arsenic is the norm aft each cricket lucifer betwixt the archrivals.

Pakistan, meanwhile, were near to rue different missed opportunity.

Agha’s squad play their adjacent lucifer against the UAE connected Wednesday, portion India look Oman connected Friday.