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India defeated Sri Lanka on Friday in a Super Over win when the opener clutched his thigh and walked off the sector within the tenth over of the second innings.

Updated – September 28, 2025 06:45 pm IST

People maintain banners in ‘Shikaras’ at Dal Lake to help Team India’s victory within the Asia Cup ultimate cricket match towards Pakistan, in Srinagar, on September 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI

As the head-to-head document testifies, India has marched forward prior to now 20 years. In 15 T20Is between these groups for the reason that first in 2007, the present T20 World Cup champion has gained 12. It has additionally emerged victorious in every of their final seven white-ball conferences. Pakistan, alternatively, would favor to emphasize on a 8-4 document in finals of white-ball tournaments. 

Recent dominance manifested in Suryakumar Yadav’s assertion after India’s six-wicket win within the Super Four stage that this was not a rivalry. “According to me, if two groups play 15-20 matches and if [head-to-head] it’s 7-7 or 8-7, then that is known as a rivalry. But 13-0, 10-1… I don’t know what the stats are. But this isn’t a rivalry anymore,” Suryakumar declared. 

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For Pakistan to show in any other case, Salman Agha’s males is not going to simply must play out of their pores and skin but additionally hope for India to be off-colour.

Pakistan coach Mike Hesson did take coronary heart from his crew being aggressive within the Super Four defeat to India final weekend. But finally, even a goal of 172 was chased down comfortably with seven balls to spare. Abhishek Sharma was the architect with the bat on that event, and can once more maintain the aces given his elegant kind.

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The groups (from): India: Suryakumar Yadav (Capt.), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.

Pakistan: Salman Agha (Capt.), Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Haris (wk), Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Faheem Ashraf, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Wasim, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem.

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  • September 28, 2025 18:45

    Watch: Asia Cup ultimate | Looking again at India’s document towards Pakistan in match finals

    India and Pakistan will play one another in an Asia Cup ultimate for the primary time, on September 28. The groups performed one another twice within the match, with India profitable each simply.

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    India vs Pakistan Asia Cup Final: A Look Back at Historic Tournament Final Clashes

    India and Pakistan face off of their first-ever Asia Cup ultimate on September 28. Ahead of the high-stakes match, we revisit their previous encounters in limited-overs match finals that includes 5 or extra groups. From iconic wins to fierce rivalries, right here’s a glance again at their head-to-head document in multination match finals.

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  • September 28, 2025 18:43

    We must put India underneath stress for longer: Pakistan coach Hesson

    In the lengthy historical past of mercurial performances that Pakistan’s cricket crew has revelled in, the victory towards Bangladesh by 11 runs within the Asia Cup on Thursday was the newest iteration. Anxiety bubbled in what was a digital semifinal after one other diabolically dysfunctional show from the batting unit, however the bowlers, spurred by Shaheen Afridi’s fire-breathing spell of 4-0-17-3, rose in unison to ship a rousing win.

    “We had been removed from good, we realised that within the first 10 overs. But there’s an enormous quantity of character on this group,” Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson mirrored within the post-match press convention.

    “The method we performed towards India within the final match was an enormous step-up from the primary sport. It took an distinctive innings from Abhishek Sharma to take the sport away from us. Outside of that, we had been fairly good. We must be ok to have the ability to put India underneath stress for lengthy sufficient. We must do it for longer as a result of India is rated the highest facet on the planet. You must put them underneath stress,” the Kiwi noticed.

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  • September 28, 2025 18:37

    Can Pakistan halt the Indian juggernaut?

    In mild of the strained diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan, aggravated by the cross-border battle in May within the wake of a terror assault in Pahalgam, the seventeenth version of the Asia Cup has witnessed one flashpoint after one other. Now with a title on the road, the neighbours will meet for the third time on this yr’s continental showpiece on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

    As the head-to-head document testifies, India has marched forward prior to now 20 years. In 15 T20Is between these groups for the reason that first in 2007, the present T20 World Cup champion has gained 12. It has additionally emerged victorious in every of their final seven white-ball conferences. Pakistan, alternatively, would favor to emphasize on a 8-4 document in finals of white-ball tournaments.

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Published – September 28, 2025 06:20 pm IST

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