India vs Pakistan – 2025 Asia Cup final: Start time, teams, stream, tickets

Who: India vs Pakistan
What: T20 Asia Cup 2025 final
When: Sunday, September 28 astatine 14:30 GMT
Where: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

India and Pakistan volition look disconnected successful a high-stakes Asia Cup final successful Dubai connected Sunday, with governmental and on-field friction overshadowing their archetypal rubric clash successful the determination tournament.

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Pakistan secured their spot successful the decider aft edging past Bangladesh by 11 runs connected Thursday, mounting the signifier for a blockbuster gathering with their neighbours and archrivals India.

Defending champions India were the archetypal squad to publication a spot successful the last pursuing their win implicit Bangladesh connected Wednesday.

Suryakumar Yadav’s squad finished their Super Fours run successful a thrilling Super Over win implicit Sri Lanka connected Friday.

Here’s what you request to cognize astir the Asia Cup 2025 final:

What has caused the caller hostility betwixt India and Pakistan?

The showdown comes months aft an aggravated four-day conflict betwixt the nuclear-armed neighbours, who person not played a bilateral bid successful much than a decade.

What happened successful the past India vs Pakistan match?

Their astir caller meetings successful the radical signifier and Super Four circular of this Asia Cup saw India triumph some matches, but their skipper Suryakumar Yadav refused to shingle hands with counterpart Salman Agha.

Players from some sides besides skipped post-match handshakes aft some fixtures.

What is India’s signifier astatine the Asia Cup?

They person won each six of their matches successful this 17th variation of the Asia Cup, played successful the T20 format, and are chasing a record-extending ninth title.

Opener Abhishek Sharma has been successful scintillating signifier with successive half-centuries, portion left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav leads the bowling charts with 12 wickets.

But their fielding has been suspect, with 12 dropped catches successful the tourney truthful far.

Spinner Varun Chakravarthy blamed the “ring of fire” created by the stadium’s 350 floodlights for the butter-fingered display.

“We person to prime up our fielding, and definitely, the fielding manager has a batch to say,” Chakravarthy said.

India’s Hardik Pandya successful enactment successful the Super Fours gathering with Pakistan [Satish Kumar/Reuters]

What are Pakistan’s chances of beating India successful the final?

Pakistan, two-time Asia Cup champions, volition trust connected their gait duo of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Rauf to supply aboriginal breakthroughs, portion spinners Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Nawaz volition purpose to incorporate India’s almighty batting lineup.

Their batting, however, remains a interest aft collapsing to 49-5 against Bangladesh earlier recovering to station 135-8, which proved to beryllium a winning total.

Suryakumar downplayed the on-field rivalry aft hammering Pakistan for the 2nd clip successful the tournament, but manager Mike Hesson believes his squad tin propulsion up a situation to the fig one-ranked T20 side.

How galore times person India and Pakistan won the Asia Cup?

Pakistan person lifted the trophy connected 2 occasions – successful 2000 and 2012 – and qualified for the last 5 times.

India are seven-time Asia Cup champions, with 11 appearances successful the final.

When was the past clip Pakistan bushed India?

Pakistan’s past Asia Cup triumph implicit India came successful the 2022 variation of the Asia Cup successful the UAE. Mohammad Rizwan top-scored with 71 runs successful the Super Four clash, but it was Mohammad Nawaz’s 20-ball 41 that saw Pakistan home.

India vs Pakistan: Head-to-head successful T20Is

Since the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup successful 2007, the countries person met successful 15 T20Is. India person won 12 times, including the archetypal lucifer successful 2007, which was tied and past decided successful a Super Over.

Two of Pakistan’s 3 wins came successful Dubai.

Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi successful enactment against India successful the Super Fours lucifer [Satish Kumar/Reuters]

Players to watch: India

Abhishek Sharma: The information that the young top-order batter has managed to carve a spot successful a highly competitory T20 Indian batting lineup marks Sharma arsenic 1 to ticker successful the Asia Cup. The 24-year-old boasts the highest vocation onslaught complaint of 198 among each batters successful T20s, and backs it up with 2 centuries and 5 half-centuries successful the format – 3 of those coming successful his past 3 innings, including the Super Fours triumph against Pakistan.

Players to watch: Pakistan

Shaheen Shah Afridi: The erstwhile Pakistan skipper has returned to signifier for his state and was the prima crook successful the important triumph against Bangladesh. Although going wicketless successful the 2 games against India astatine the tournament, the 25-year-old left-arm speedy has taken 8 wickets successful the different 3 games, including his Player of the Match show against the Tigers pursuing figures of 3-17.

Form guide: India

India are unbeaten successful the Asia Cup and person not mislaid a T20 bid since winning the World Cup successful June 2024.

Last 5 results (most caller first): W-W-W-W-W

Form guide: Pakistan

Pakistan’s signifier successful T20s has been mixed for immoderate clip but astatine this variation of the Asia Cup, their lone defeats person travel against India, with 4 wins recorded wide astatine the tournament.

Last 5 results (most caller first): W-W-L-W-L

Team news: India

The holders are expected to spell backmost to the aforesaid squad that bushed Pakistan successful some the radical and Super Fours stages.

Predicted India line-up:

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav.

Team news: Pakistan

Pakistan are expected to tract the aforesaid XI that bushed Sri Lanka.

Pakistan predicted line-up:

Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (captain), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

How tin I travel and watercourse the India vs Pakistan Asia Cup final?

Al Jazeera Sport volition person unrecorded build-up up of our broad photograph and substance commentary watercourse of the last from 09:30 GMT.

The lucifer volition beryllium shown unrecorded connected terrestrial and outer channels, arsenic good arsenic live-streaming platforms crossed the world.

How tin I bargain tickets for the India vs Pakistan Asia Cup final?

While tickets for the wide stands are sold out, immoderate are inactive disposable successful the hospitality sections of the stadium, starting astatine $991 and tin beryllium purchased astatine the tournament’s authoritative ticketing website.