IND vs PAK Playing 11: Suryakumar Yadav-led India will square off against Salman Agha-led Pakistan in the finals of the Asia Cup 2025 on September 28 at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai.
India and Pakistan have met on 15 occasions, where India has won on 12 occasions while Pakistan has won on 3 occasions. Previously, India and Pakistan clashed in group stage games in the Asia Cup, where India secured a comfortable 7-wicket victory at Dubai.
The IND vs PAK rivalry has been marred with controversy as India refused to shake hands with the Pakistan players as a due respect to the Pahalgam attack victims.
In the Super 4s game, India went on to secure a 6-wicket victory, where several dramas unfolded.
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Incidents like on-field altercation, Sahibzada Farhan’s gun shot celebration and Haris Rauf’s controversial gesture have made both the boards make a complaint to ICC, which the sport body had an official hearing and reprimanded the players.
India Won the toss and opted to bowl first. Speaking at the toss, Suryakumar Yadav said, We are looking to bowl first. It looks like a good wicket. The wicket gets better under lights. We have been batting well first but we would like to chase today.”
“The groundsmen have done a terrific job with the wickets here and it will stay the same. The brand of cricket we have been playing for the last 5-6 games is pretty good and we would like to continue that.”
“Unfortunately Hardik misses out due to a niggle, Arshdeep and Harshit also miss out. Bumrah, Dube and Rinku come in,” SKY concluded.
Meanwhile, Salman Agha said, “Definitely happy to bat first. We are very excited and looking forward to this game. We haven’t played a perfect game and hopefully we play one today. Same side. We have been playing on these pitches for a while and it will play the same.”
IND vs PAK Playing 11
India Playing 11: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy
Pakistan Playing 11: Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha(c), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris(w), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
