The spinner Kuldeep Yadav, along with Axar Patel, Varun Charkarvarthy, and Jasprit Bumrah, has powered Pakistan’s horrible collapse during the Asia Cup 2025 finals played on September 28 at Dubai International Stadium.
After a steady start, Pakistan went on to lose 9 wickets for 33 runs as they got bowled out for 146 runs in the Sunday clash.
Batting first, Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman gave a solid start for Pakistan, scoring 84 runs for the first wicket. Despite the duo having scored only 45 runs in the powerplay,
Farhan went on to smash fifty on 35 deliveries and scored 57 runs before being dismissed by Varun Chakravarthy.
Kuldeep Yadav bagged the second wicket dismissing Saim Ayub for 14 runs. Wtih Haris’ dismissal for duck, Varun Chakravarthy bagged his second wicket (Fakhar Zaman for 46) in the innings.
Indian spinners dominated the middle overs and tore up Pakistan’s middle order with back to back wickets.
An excellent bowling performance 👌
4️⃣ wickets for Kuldeep Yadav
2️⃣ wickets each for Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel and Varun Chakaravarthy#TeamIndia need 147 to win 🎯Updates ▶️ https://t.co/0VXKuKPkE2#AsiaCup2025 | #Final pic.twitter.com/CNRcsGriwR
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 28, 2025
Jasprit Bumrah bagged the wickets of Mohammad Nawaz and Haris Rauf for 12 runs each. Meanwhile Shaheen Afridi and Faheem Ashraf were sent back to dugout with a duck by Kuldeep Yadav.
Despite a strong start, Pakistan’s middle order failure has put them under scrutiny as they got bowled out for 146 runs in the final over.
Kuldeep Yadav had four wicket haul while Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy and Jasprit Bumrah had two wickets each.
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
