Asia Cup 2025 Final, IND vs PAK Live Cricket Score: India refused to accept the trophy from Asia Cricket Council chief Mohsin Naqvi, who is also Pakistan’s Interior Minister, after defeating Pakistan in the Asia Cup final. (PHOTO: AP)Asia Cup 2025 Final, IND vs PAK Live Cricket Score Updates: There was plenty of drama after India won the Asia Cup final by defeating Pakistan by five wickets on Sunday. The Indian team refused to collect the winner’s trophy or their individual medals at the presentation ceremony. Why? Because Asia Cricket Council (ACC) chief Mohsin Naqvi insisted that he would give away the trophy. The Indians refused to accept the trophy from him because ACC chief Naqvi is also the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman and the Interior Minister of Pakistan. The ceremony was delayed by over an hour before it wound up without a trophy presentation.
Earlier in the game itself, Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube’s crucial partnership brought India back from the abyss and guided the Men in Blue to a 5-wicket win against Pakistan on Sunday, helping the team clinch their 9th Asia Cup. It wasn’t an easy task with Faheem Ashraf and Shaheen Afridi initially silencing the Indian crowd when they snapped up Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill for single digits inside powerplay. Apart from Dube, Varma also had an important partnership with Sanju Samson which steadied the innings.
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Earlier, Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets, leading the India bowling lineup as Pakistan suffered a horrible collapse after a steady start, losing 9 wickets for just 33 runs as they were skittled out for just 146 runs in 19.1 overs at Dubai in the Asia Cup final. It had started swimmingly for Pakistan with Sahibzada Farhan scoring 57 and Fakhar Zaman chipping in with 46 but Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah (2/25), Varun Chakravarthy (2/30) and Axar Patel (2/26) ran through the remaining batters like hot knife through butter with only Saim Ayub the other batter to reach double figures.
India had some bad news with Hardik Pandya missing out with a niggle with Rinku Singh replacing him. Also, Jasprit Bumrah and Shivam Dube returned in place of Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh. Pakistan, meanwhile, will field the same team that won against Bangladesh in their last match. This is the third match between these two teams in the span of 15 days in the 2025 edition of the tournament. In both previous games, India have been the dominant side by some distance, winning the group stage game by seven wickets and the Super 4 clash by six wickets.
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Match EndedAsia Cup, 2025 – Final
India
150/5 (19.4)
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Pakistan
146 (19.1)
Match Ended ( Day – Final )
India beat Pakistan by 5 wickets
Asia Cup 2025 final: India have an air of destiny, but underdogs Pakistan seem resurgent and have a history of rising to the big occasion
India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav, left, speaks as Pakistan’s captain Salman Agha, right, looks on ahead of the Asia Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Under the harsh evening sun, the groundsmen are trimming the rough edges of the grass on the outfield. The broadcast hands are untangling the wiry knots of their gargantuan cameras and reassessing their perch. The security personnel are combing every square inch of the arena and fixing the barricades. Pantry staff are chit-chatting, before the manager gives them a proverbial rap on the knuckles. The unquiet tension of hosting an India-Pakistan final is visible in the precincts and inner sanctums of the Dubai International Stadium. Read more from Sandip G here.
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