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

[jnaveen1980]

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

People were always having reservations about this team with chasing in tough games after Kohli's exit. They have found an able guy in Tilak.

 

[LordJames]

India won, now everyone get back to Drawing Board, rebuilding or whatever...

 

[Human786]

Brutal
News is coming that they cut internet and live telecast of the match before the final over in Pakistan, and informed everyone they have won by 4 runs, after USA Cricket Board's intervention .

 

[rpant_gabba]

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,

Damn. thats brutal if he actually said that. epic troll if he just made that up.

Awsome

 

[Devadwal]

8-0.
3-0.

All available with video proofs!

:ko

 

[cricfan432]

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 .

Haris will improve as keeper like rishabh pant, hes young. Talat should be shown door in t20is. Saim will come good on true pitches. Rauf should be kicked out from psl and t20is. He should stick to odis that too in sena only.

 

[Ahmed216]

Babar or Rizwan make no difference to this side

You need more powerful batters

Get over it.

When will you get over your love for mediocre hacks likes Haris and Talat?

 

[Mockingbird]

Why such a long delay for post match? What’s happening

 

[Aami]

A bit harsh on Haris Rauf considering the middling total.

Our batters are just not smart enough like their Indian counterparts. When you know, you're limited, the sane thing to do was to to take 6/7 runs per over from the 13th onwards and I think 160 should have been enough.

No worries, next time.

Phir bhi ... Pakistan Zindabad!

 

[Asif321]

India won, now everyone get back to Drawing Board, rebuilding or whatever...

Saifi Bhai still remains the only captain to defeat India in finals

 

[Mas-LFC]

Missed the final and other matches got busy on holiday in Turkiye, returning today.

Close match. 160 Pak would’ve won it.

Pak took 3 L’s in one tournament against the same opponent.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Well played
Namboori Thakur Tilak Varma

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Few delusional cringelords waiting for Agha Salman to dedicate Pakistan's victory to the aand forces..

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oh my my.. Epic beizzati on and off the field. But knowing Pakistanis Shahid Afridi is taking a victory rally in Karachi as we speak.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Could get punished against likes of AUS/RSA/ENG...Aus is building a monster team for the upcoming T20 WC.

Gill's inclusion has already turned this unit into a dud unit. Add SKY's form. This is horrible.

 

[sweep_shot]

Missed the final and other matches got busy on holiday in Turkiye, returning today.

Close match. 160 Pak would’ve won it.

Pak took 3 L’s in one tournament against the same opponent.

Hope you enjoyed your Turkey trip.

It has been a good Asia Cup. I give it A-.

 

[Asif321]

A bit harsh on Haris Rauf considering the middling total.

Our batters are just not smart enough like their Indian counterparts. When you know, you're limited, the sane thing to do was to to take 6/7 runs per over from the 13th onwards and I think 160 should have been enough.

No worries, next time.

Phir bhi ... Pakistan Zindabad!

Yes bad day for rauf . He can have days like this but somedays he wins you matches too . But this shouldn’t hide the shame of middle order who are the actual culprit

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

People were always having reservations about this team with chasing in tough games after Kohli's exit. They have found an able guy in Tilak.

Kohli exit was due for long time in this format. What Pakistanis don't understand there are 4-5 guys fully ready since past 4 years to replace him,

 

[kron]

Could get punished against likes of AUS/RSA/ENG...Aus is building a monster team for the upcoming T20 WC.

Aus is not a good t20 team

 

[harshjoshi87]

Hope you enjoyed your Turkey trip.

It has been a good Asia Cup. I give it A-.

You worry about your Lankans who managed only 2 runs for 3 wickets in the super over

 

[sweep_shot]

In time slowly and hopefully

Tilak is now my favorite Indian batter.

I like batters with good techniques. I don't like T20 hacks.

 

[sachin-10dulkar]

I said before. This Indian team has too many match winners to all fail on the same day. And Hardik didn't even play.

 

[Mockingbird]

Gill's inclusion has already turned this unit into a dud unit. Add SKY's form. This is horrible.

Have been saying forever, Sky is done - HP should be the captain. And Gill is no T20 batsman. I would also drop Samson for Jitesh Sharma. This would be a killer squad with those changes.

 

[saabir]

This is the most entertaining Asia Cup i have ever witnessed.. and I'm watching cricket since 1992. Final is icing on the cake..India rightly deserve to win this tournament..they are the best side . It would have been injustice if one fluke victory make u asia champion..

 

[rhony]

Game turned in 2 overs. Kuldeep's three wicket over and Rauf's three boundary over. Was the 15th over I think. India was always going to score 36 off 24 balls with wickets in hand.

 

[MP2011]

Hope @Nikhil_cric is happy with Tilak's performance now

 

[harshjoshi87]

Aus is not a good t20 team

No they have some good hitters in the middle with Maxwell-Owen-Tim David. Good we are playing 5 T20Is down under next month.

 

[psyoptica]

Pakistan took 3 Losses from India in the same competition. This should truly end the trash talking era and whatever little competition Pak had with India. They should accept India as their daddy and accept that they will never be good enough to beat them

 

[jnaveen1980]

Haris will improve as keeper like rishabh pant, hes young. Talat should be shown door in t20is. Saim will come good on true pitches. Rauf should be kicked out from psl and t20is. He should stick to odis that too in sena only.

No Rishabh pant never improve.d HE got kicked out. He is a pedigree test class batsman with match winning efforts. Even he has no place in the side. Guys like Haris would sturggle to get into village premiere leagues. You guys need to look someone else. So Pakistan has given up hopes on Usman khan, Azam khan? Both are pathetic too.

 

[Rana]

How are Babar and Rizwan the solution?

And what clown is using Tilak as a reason why Babar would be successful?

 

[mominsaigol]

leave him alone. he is wearing his Aussie jersey now.

I'm always wearing an aussie jersey. Guess who's renounced his Indian passport to waive the Canadian Flag LOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

[jnaveen1980]

No they have some good hitters in the middle with Maxwell-Owen-Tim David. Good we are playing 5 T20Is down under next month.

Yea new look Australia is winning everything because they are doing the same approach. Deep batting line up.

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan took 3 Losses from India in the same competition. This should truly end the trash talking era and whatever little competition Pak had with India. They should accept India as their daddy and accept that they will never be good enough to beat them

Cricket world now has these tiers:

Tier 1: India, Australia, South Africa
Tier 2: England, New Zealand
Tier 3: Pakistan, SL, West Indies, BD, Afghanistan
Tier 4: Rest.

This is the reality based on what we have seen in the last 5 years.

 

[MP2011]

And Kuldeep once again proved what a champ he is!

How he gets dropped every now and then is beyond me.

If he is fit, he should play all games in all formats

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Hope @Nikhil_cric is happy with Tilak's performance now

Yep. He finished it and that matters. You can't anchor and then fall short.

Still has blatant weaknesses against accurate spin.

Think he should bat at #3 instead of SKY

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Rinku singh had the best tournament. Khaya peeya, time enjoy kia and won the final in one ball itself. What and edge lord.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

T

check this one. against England this year. India was 146/8 chasing 166 with 3 overs to go. He navigated that chase brilliantly.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-in-india-2024-25-1439850/india-vs-england-2nd-t20i-1439900/full-scorecard

hink I saw the highlights for this match. I do remember this match

 

[jnaveen1980]

This is the most entertaining Asia Cup i have ever witnessed.. and I'm watching cricket since 1992. Final is icing on the cake..India rightly deserve to win this tournament..they are the best side . It would have been injustice if one fluke victory make u asia champion..

Just the last 2 matches were good. India vs SL and the final.

 

[Banda298]

yeah scored 20 after being dropped, garbage batsmen with no game awareness

those 20 runs came under pressure when india was 77 for 4. those were still crucial runs

 

[Banda298]

Just the last 2 matches were good. India vs SL and the final.

the 2 games before this were clinical bashings of Pak thanks to our bowlers And Sharmaji

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Cricket world now has these tiers:

Tier 1: India, Australia, South Africa
Tier 2: England, New Zealand
Tier 3: Pakistan, SL, West Indies, BD, Afghanistan
Tier 4: Rest.

This is the reality based on what we have seen in the last 5 years.

Thats a fair assessment.

We know we are a long way off the top. The way we committed suicide is how minnows bat.

But a while back we looked like we were maybe even falling behind BD, Afghanistan.

It will take time to rebuild. Hopefully we can do it, until then we will probably lose against the better teams consistently.

 

[Boyka]

We need to play good opposition like india more often, i bet we have a tri-series against Nepal lined up

 

[saimayubera]

Just the last 2 matches were good. India vs SL and the final.

And India clawed back in 3 innings after bad starts.

Greatest T20 team ever.

 

[Buffet]

160 could have been a winning total on this pitch

Not sure about winning total, but it was criminal to not bat full over when team lost just 1 wicket in 10 overs with such a great start. Just sensible cricket would hqave taken it to 175 runs and that would have tough to chase.

Anyway, not sure the thinking about trying to hit across the line when playing straight was working so well for Pakistan for the first 10 overs.

 

[nish_mate]

Pakistan lost that means they will be sending coach to the press conference.... To explain how they they lost from a won hand

 

[jnaveen1980]

We need to play good opposition like india more often, i bet we have a tri-series against Nepal lined up

Pakistan plays NZ more than any other team across the LOI formats. NZ does this thing very well. So you should play NZ more often. They arrange a lot of matches against Bangladesh, Pakistan and got good at spin.

 

[saimayubera]

Tonight full night youtube, reddit, twitter aaah - zindagi mazaa

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Pakistan lost that means they will be sending coach to the press conference.... To explain how they they lost from a won hand

Pak coach : We played very well and won this game as we got 5 Indian wickets. Those are prized wickets and huge assets and we were able to take them down. Proof is all over the social media.

 

[aboveandbeyond]

Let's be honest. India in Third Gear were to strong. Every time Pakistan showed a hint of getting on top. They slammed thr door shut.

 

[nish_mate]

Pak coach : We played very well and won this game as we got 5 Indian wickets. Those are prized wickets and huge assets and we were able to take them down. Proof is all over the social media.

He ain't been in Pakistan that long to give Pakistani responses

Though I do wonder if he put a cheeky pint on India to win....

 

[MP2011]

Yep. He finished it and that matters. You can't anchor and then fall short.

Still has blatant weaknesses against accurate spin.

Think he should bat at #3 instead of SKY

Sky should be done. However, it's not going to be the case, I'm afraid

 

[hassan918]

It was one of the key moments in the match when Haris missed this run out opportunity.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1972372437213049200

 

[Banda298]

koi na naqvi se trophy le kar use dhakka de denge. kya kar lega woh!!

Lol.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Just the last 2 matches were good. India vs SL and the final.

Bangladesh v Pakistan was good match too

 

[Mesozoic]

8 consecutive international defeats for Pakistan against India.

Not even law of averages is with you poor lot.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

He ain't been in Pakistan that long to give Pakistani responses

Though I do wonder if he put a cheeky pint on India to win....

Who is gonna track his NZ accounts lol.. may be he did.

 

[mominsaigol]

Cricket world now has these tiers:

Tier 1: India, Australia, South Africa
Tier 2: England, New Zealand
Tier 3: Pakistan, SL, West Indies, BD, Afghanistan
Tier 4: Rest.

This is the reality based on what we have seen in the last 5 years.

NZ should be tier 1. They consistently get into finals each and every time

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

8 consecutive international defeats for Pakistan against India.

Not even law of averages is with you poor lot.

The Victory rally will be taken in center of Karachi to honour this.

 

[kron]

You cant hate sky. He has got style.
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He sucks
He is ugly
He is a trash batsman

Trash captain lol

 

[Banda298]

Sky should be done. However, it's not going to be the case, I'm afraid

maybe another series to come back to form . given how long kohli rohit persisted ..he may get similar long handle to stay in team

 

[Human786]

Sky needs to be eased out ... GILL .

 

[BDfanforever]

Cricket world now has these tiers:

Tier 1: India, Australia, South Africa
Tier 2: England, New Zealand
Tier 3: Pakistan, SL, West Indies, BD, Afghanistan
Tier 4: Rest.

This is the reality based on what we have seen in the last 5 years.

There is only 3 tiers.

Top 5 Teams: IND, Aus, Eng, NZ, RSA
Mid Tier: PAK, BD, SRL, WI, AFG
Lower Tier: Rest of World

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

I mean i just don't get this i would say pace is easiest to hit against doesn't matter what the pitch is but pak fans never respect spinners had idiot agha bowled nawaz or saim match would have been won but again useless pace of rauf cost the match i am always against pace because of this reason they are run machine.

 

[Banda298]

NZ should be tier 1. They consistently get into finals each and every time

Pak really did well to come to finals... they were actually in tier 4 until Asia cup especially after the losses vs USA Afghanistan SL Zimbabwe

 

[Boyka]

8 consecutive international defeats for Pakistan against India.

Not even law of averages is with you poor lot.

It’s seems the luck is always on India’s side despite the obvious skill gap In the batting. Enjoy it

 

[Josh]

Irfan Pathan bhai got a lot of trolling from Pakistan. At least his 3 consecutive Sundays went good.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Looks like Naqvi is throwing tantrums and there is delay in Asia Cup ceremony. Do Pakistanis have some humiliation kink?

 

[Smbhayi]

Dube proving to be clutch player .played well in both finals and never lost a t20 game .(39?).

Didn't know he's played that many matches.. he's bowled well in this tournament..

 

[pakistani pride]

It was one of the key moments in the match when Haris missed this run out opportunity.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1972372437213049200

HOW THE HELL HE MISSED THIS?

 

[sweep_shot]

There is only 3 tiers.

Top 5 Teams: IND, Aus, Eng, NZ, RSA
Mid Tier: PAK, BD, SRL, WI, AFG
Lower Tier: Rest of World

Nope.

England and NZ are not in the same tier as India, AUS, and South Africa.

NZ have declined. England have declined.

 

[Suleiman]

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It’s ok. Their over excitement in cricket has spread to other areas in life as well, not realizing that their soldiers are still being swatted like flies at the loc… they have texting fingers not trigger fingers, men sit at home to text paragraphs on Pak forum, women are sent to the frontlines to fight for them.

Best for them to stay distracted with ball and balla

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1972373287985401858

 

[Banda298]

He sucks
He is ugly
He is a trash batsman

Trash captain lol

Still more stylish than Faheem Ashraf etc , and pretty much whole Bangladesh team except Taskin and Litton.

 

[Mockingbird]

WTH happened to the presentation ceremony?

 

[sweep_shot]

NZ should be tier 1. They consistently get into finals each and every time

NZ couldn't go to final in 2022 World T20, 2023 WC, 2024 World T20, 2023 WTC, and 2025 WTC.

They made it to CT 2025 final. So, just 1 final in the last 6 ICC tournaments.

 

[Asif321]

WTH happened to the presentation ceremony?

May be ladai going on

 

[Swing]

You have zero proof of your imagined victories lol. Go cry on the pothole of Nur Khan base.. or donate a brick to Masjid Markaz lol.

There are countless videos of the wreckages of those jets and also the impacts on Indian bases and posts along the LoC. If you wish to bury your head in the sand over that please go ahead.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

WTH happened to the presentation ceremony?

Naqvi is throwing tantrums. Indian team does not want him at the stage but uncle is mad.

 

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[PakistanMeriJaan]

It was one of the key moments in the match when Haris missed this run out opportunity.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1972372437213049200

Yeah like what exactly was Harris doing there?! Thilak was miles out... didn't even ground his bat properly yet mental midget couldn't remove one bail. I'm still asking myself what was he doing? Its similar to Akmal in the Sydney test.

 

[Asif321]

HOW THE HELL HE MISSED THIS?

What was he doing he had ample time