A solid start from Abhishek Sharma has helped India to comfortably chase the target set by Pakistan in the Super 4s match of the Asia Cup 2025 on Sunday.
His 74 run knock of 39 deliveries along with his partnership with Shubman Gill has put side forward in the chase of 172 run target.
After being put to bat first, Pakistan went on to post 55 runs in the powerplay. Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman went on to open the innings for Pakistan while Hardik Pandya opened the bowling attack.
Despite the dismissal of Zaman for 15 runs on the back of the wicket, Farhan and Saim Ayub made a solid start for the side scoring a total of 93 for the second wicket.
Shivam Dube brought the second and third dismissals for India picking the wickets of Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan for 21 and 58 runs.
In between, Kuldeep bagged the wicket of Hassan Talat for 10 runs. After Mohammad Nawaz’s dismissal on a run out, Salman Agha and Faheem Ashraf went on to trouble Indian bowlers in the death overs posting a competitive total against India.
Shivam Dube bagged two wickets while Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav finished with one wickets each.
In the pursuit of chasing 172 run target, Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill opened the innings while Afridi opened the bowling attack.
𝗔 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗴 𝗶𝗻 #𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝟰! 🙌#TeamIndia continue their winning run in the #AsiaCup2025! 👏 👏
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— BCCI (@BCCI) September 21, 2025
The opener duo went on to make a solid start putting 69 runs in the scorecard by the end of powerplay. They went on to make a 105 run partnership for the first wicket.
Faheem Ashraf who was introduced to bowling in the 10th over, went on to dismiss Shubman Gill for 47 runs which included 8 fours.
Suryakumar Yadav who came to bat at no.3 got dismissed on Haris Rauf’s delivery giving catch to Abrar Ahmed.
With the dismissal of Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma (30*) and Hardik Pandya (7*) has helped the side to post stunning 6 wicket victory against rivals Pakistan.
India will play their next game against Bangladesh on September 24 at Dubai International Stadium.
