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India (150/5) defeat Pakistan (146) by 5 wickets in thrilling encounter to clinch Asia Cup 2025 title

Which team will win the title of Asia Cup 2025?


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Even if Gill is not in form for T20, you need a poster boy.
He is nto good enough for second string team too. His own partner Sai Sudarshan for GT is better than Gill in T20. Besides he is now a full time test player. So his game has changed. Suddenly trying to play T20 is not going to come naturally.
 
Islamabad Qalandars your pilots to dud phaatu nikle....

Poster aacha thaa, aur India ki chapped usse bhi aacha

We played you like pros....got your hopes up whilst bowling, then choked your lot

Batting got your hopes up only to squash them fittingly with our secret agent Rauf
if you want to insult us, atleast type properly.
 
The thing is for India this is just a good warm-up.. Somewhat less than a tough Bronco test to prepare for the World T20. Pakistan team, players, etc does not even exist in there mindspace. No Handshakes, full arrogance shown to Pakistanis.
Used and abused is what Pakistanis must feel but they will definitely celebrate on social media.
 
Well played boys . Many errors but proud of effort . Some crappy performances . Need to get back to drawing board
Pakistan Cricket and Drawing Boards...

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Pak batters have been weak throughout tournament.
But as team they have shown some fight in difficult scenarios. Shaheen, Abrar, Faheem, Nawaz and Saim with ball have all kept Pak in games that batters stuffed up badly.

If they can find one good middle overs hitter and the top order plays to potential they will be a dark horse for next yrs world cup.

They have shown they have the bowling resources to trouble any team on slow wkts
Their bowling is still good. I still don't think Faheem is not a good option outside UAE type wickets. THey can bring in someone else.
 
Rauf lost his marbles at end. The most brainless bowler I have came across so far. Heck I had even more hope for Faheem whom we all made fun off. Took a wicket of Dube at the final over. Clutch.

But Pakistan's batting and definitely brainless Rauf brought them down today.

Today is India's day to enjoy! Have fun! You deserve it!
Tbf Rauf isn't a death bowler.
His job is hurrying batters between 7-15
Every time Pak have given him overs 19-20 he stuffs up
 
Tilak earned the respect. Its a moment to differentiate a boy to men.pak batsmen played like school boys with out any sense.

Tilak is a type of batter who can thrive on all conditions. Proper batter. He can consolidate and also can hit big.

Abhishek may not be able to do well on slow surfaces (like we saw tonight).

Tilak > Abhishek
 
Not really. You won by a small margin. Pakistan put up a fight regardless. Don't act all saint. That's it.

And yes. Congrats to India for the win.

Cheers. Your lads will need some soul searching, but they ran us close to the limit. Worthy opponents who made a final to remember.
 
Tbf Rauf isn't a death bowler.
His job is hurrying batters between 7-15
Every time Pak have given him overs 19-20 he stuffs up
He has been impressive sometimes. But at other times lost his brains. The plan was super simple. Wide outside the off stump and full.
 
What a night!!!
For me personally as well, following match on the net - neighbour in accident & spent the afternoon, evening & 90 percent of match in the accident & emergency section-hospital....reach home Turn on tv to watch Rinku blast the winning runs!...
friend out of danger after two surgical procedure in quick succession & glad we got across the line as well!
Wel played Pakistan- commiserations to Pak PP fans

A match worthy of the finals!
Cheers India!💥🪔🇮🇳
 
Where is that revenge gang hide now..some much talk but result is same. They need to boot out this captain Agha. The guy is a ****. U can't win crucial games with this garbage team. I still believe their Coach Hesson is not bad at all. He take this handicap team to the finals and give the tough time to best team.
 
As I said before, when reality is bitter, lies and delusions are your only solace. And as long as you are lying, you also won 3-0 in Asia cup against India.

Why stop with one lie, lie about other parts of your life too.
Coming from a citizen of a country known for disinfo...the delulsion!

here a lollipop for you:
 
Their bowling is still good. I still don't think Faheem is not a good option outside UAE type wickets. THey can bring in someone else.
They need an all-rounder for that role and Faheem has done alright with bat and ball, all things considered. I also think he will get plundered on faster wickets but that's a risk Pakistan will have to take because they don't have anyone else for this type of role.
 
Good game of cricket played. India was always the better side.

Kuldeep bowled 3 bad overs, but his last over won his team the game. Wonderful bowler. Deserves the full praise and is rightly the player of the tournament.

India's approach was contrasting to Pakistans. Pakistan was focussed on getting to 200 by striking everything and they lost their wickets. Meanwhile what Gambhir did was he told his guys to take it till the last over and wait for Rauf. India didnt strike needlessly when Varma and Dube were batting and that helped them win the game.

They trusted themselves and knew that Rauf will bowl his garbage.

And a shutout to Indian Railways, whose on train reached its destination early by missing stops in between,
 
Takeaways @Rana

Tilak Verma with a SR of 130 won the Asia Cup for India.

Nothing in cricket should be measured without context. That's the easiest and simplest thing to understand cricket. Farhan had a good SR today but his innings was useless because he let go at a crucial juncture. He had hit a six, all he needed was to continue with the flow.

Same with Fakhar. No amount of strike rate can justify such.

You need proper batters who can adapt. Unfortunately, however, Babar's loss of form is the reason why he's out and not just his strike rate. Rizwan has a genuine case to make it back as well because Haris is a terrible batter & an even worse keeper. When you talk a big game and have nothing to back it up, you deserve nothing.
 
Any audible on what tilak verma was saying towards camera?

Felt like lot of expletives were thrown.

Pak should check if he made any racist remarks. Call the fire department because their tummies and bum must be burning.
He was saying out what Rana and Major wanted to dish out to Indians....
 
You have to feel for the PCT and their supporters, if they had win today they would have had something to cheer for the next decade.
 
India has won despit Gambhir's best effort. Village level coaching in this asia cup. Caused everyone to lose form by shifting the batting position around
 
Rauf was one who lost that US game . And blamed Amir for that super over 😂
Indeed , out of all Amir was brave enough to take the ball in super over when they had Shaheen and Haris rauf who is been bowling for years unlike Amir in the intl arena..

Rauf is a crap bowler , who bowls like a bowling machine and zero knowledge about cricket, his lack of red ball cricket was shown many times on fiedl..

Single handedly gifting the match to India 3.4-0-50-0 lol defending 147
 
You have to feel for the PCT and their supporters, if they had win today they would have had something to cheer for the next decade.
Pakistan needs to have a bigger picture. THey need to get rid of atleast 4 or 5 guys. This blind idea of "keep playing the same Xi will make them better" is a fail strategy.
 
India has won despit Gambhir's best effort. Village level coaching in this asia cup. Caused everyone to lose form by shifting the batting position around
Absolutely, his coaching and SKY’s captaincy were mediocre at best.

Gill or Pandya should captain for the wc
 
Nothing in cricket should be measured without context. That's the easiest and simplest thing to understand cricket. Farhan had a good SR today but his innings was useless because he let go at a crucial juncture. He had hit a six, all he needed was to continue with the flow.

Same with Fakhar. No amount of strike rate can justify such.

You need proper batters who can adapt. Unfortunately, however, Babar's loss of form is the reason why he's out and not just his strike rate. Rizwan has a genuine case to make it back as well because Haris is a terrible batter & an even worse keeper. When you talk a big game and have nothing to back it up, you deserve nothing.
Top post @Rana learn about the game of you're serious
 
Indeed , out of all Amir was brave enough to take the ball in super over when they had Shaheen and Haris rauf who is been bowling for years unlike Amir in the intl arena..

Rauf is a crap bowler , who bowls like a bowling machine and zero knowledge about cricket, his lack of red ball cricket was shown many times on fiedl..

Single handedly gifting the match to India 3.4-0-50-0 lol defending 147
Pakistan haven’t produced anyone like Amir tbh . Shaheen comes near but still not Amir level
 
Wow Tilak! Respect for this man. Held his nerves under pressure. Clean innings! This match is absolute box office and Pakistani bowlers deserve an applause for putting breakers for this Indian batting line up. They should be proud. India needs to sort out Surya's role and his bad captaincy. This should have never gone to last over.
Surya is done. I think he should be done at 35 years of age. Hand eye coordination that hereli3s on gets worse at this age. Shreyas Iyer is a better batsman and a good captain. It should be a straight replacement with rest of the team intact.
 
Indian Players are mentally very strong

three occasions in last 15 months they have proven themselves

T20 Final won from impossible situation defended 32 off 30 with 6 wickets left

Oval Test Defended 70 odd Runs with half of England Batting intact

And Asia Cup Final , first under the pump during the fielding , 113/1 to 146 all out and then chasing it from bad position of 20/3
 
Deserved to lose this. Slap on the face of those who were bigging up this team. The defeat reflects on the affairs of the Country and the nation- where people are happy to win imaginary wars in battlefields
 
Saim was bowling excellent . Ends up bowling only 3 . After watching rauf struggle in two overs he should have changed the tactics .
All he does is chewing gum and waving his hands around making random field changes. But for instructions from Hesson this match would have been over in 18th over lol
 
Well done for the fight . Positives are only sahibzada Farhan and our bowling barring rauf today . Pakistan need to seriously think what to do with Saim the batter ? Harris keeper . Talat ? Agha batting is also under question mark .
 
And Pakistan played a brilliant game. Honestly, I never imagined they would put up such a fight today. 64 runs in 6 overs were defendable, but Agha's captaincy cost Pakistan the match.

Why did he remove the spinner when they were bowling so well? That over from Rauf gave India the momentum we needed.

Brainless captaincy and batting by Agha cost the match

:kp
 
As much as I wanna blame rauf but your main culprit was middle order who couldn’t even manage 30 runs
 
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