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2025 Asia Cup Final
Event2025 Asia Cup
Pakistan India
Pakistan India
146 150/5
19.1 overs 19.4 overs
India won by 5 wickets
Date28 September 2025
VenueDubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Player of the matchTilak Varma (Ind)
UmpiresAhmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
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The 2025 Asia Cup Final was a men’s T20I cricket match, played between India and Pakistan on 28 September 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.[1] It was the first time that India and Pakistan were facing each other in an Asia Cup final since the competition’s inception in 1984.[2] India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets to win their ninth title and thus retained the title.[3][4]

Background

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The dates for the tournament were released in July 2024, with India initially set to host the tournament.[5] However, following the Pahalgam attack in early 2025 and the subsequent escalation of political crisis and military conflict between India and Pakistan, concerns arose over the feasibility of hosting matches involving both nations in India. In July 2025, during the Asian Cricket Council's annual meeting in Dhaka, ACC chairman Mohsin Naqvi announced that the tournament would instead be held in the United Arab Emirates, with matches staged in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The UAE was selected as a neutral venue due to its prior experience hosting high-profile multinational cricket tournaments under similar circumstances.[6]

The 2025 edition was held in the UAE from 9 to 28 September with eleven matches in Dubai, eight in Abu Dhabi and the final in Dubai, following a schedule revision by organisers to standardise evening start times.[1] The tournament was played in the T20I format and, while the Board of Control for Cricket in India remained the official host, matches were held in the UAE to ensure a neutral venue for fixtures involving India and Pakistan.[7] A reserve day for the final was listed for 29 September in Dubai.[1]

The meeting of India and Pakistan in the 2025 final was unprecedented in Asia Cup's history despite the sides having contested major finals in other competitions such as the 2007 World Twenty20, won by India, and the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, won by Pakistan.[8]

Before this match, both India and Pakistan have faced each other 5 times in the T20I format of Asia Cup's history, with India winning four matches while Pakistan winning one match.[9]

Venue

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The final was held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, on 28 September 2025. It has a capacity of 25,000.[10]

No BCCI official travelled to Dubai.[11]

Road to the final

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Main article: 2025 Asia Cup

India opened their campaign with a victory over the hosts United Arab Emirates in Dubai, bowling them out for 57 before completing a straightforward chase.[12] Then, they defeated arch-rivals Pakistan by 7 wickets[13] and went on to defeat Oman in Abu Dhabi by 21 runs to seal top spot in Group A.[14] In the Super Four, India again defeated Pakistan by six wickets at Dubai as Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill shared a century stand in a 172 chase[15], and later overcame Bangladesh by 41 runs[16] and Sri Lanka in the super over[17] to clinch their place in the final.

Pakistan opened their campaign with a huge victory over Oman by 93 runs[18], but lost the next match to India, later they defeated United Arab Emirates by 42 runs[19] and came second in Group A. In the Super Four, they again got defeated by India[20], but secured qualification in the final by defeating Sri Lanka by 5 wickets[21] and Bangladesh by 11 runs at Dubai, in a low-scoring match.[22]

 India Titles  Pakistan
Opponent Result Group Stage Opponent Result
 United Arab Emirates Won Match 1  Oman Won
 Pakistan Won Match 2  India Lost
 Oman Won Match 3  United Arab Emirates Won
Final standings
Group A table
Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  India 3 3 0 0 6 3.547 Advanced to the Super Four
2  Pakistan 3 2 1 0 4 1.790
3  United Arab Emirates (H) 3 1 2 0 2 −1.984
4  Oman 3 0 3 0 0 −2.600
Source: ESPNcricinfo[23]
(H) Host
Opponent Result Super Four Opponent Result
 Pakistan Won Match 1  India Lost
 Bangladesh Won Match 2  Sri Lanka Won
 Sri Lanka Tied (Won Super Over) Match 3  Bangladesh Won
Super Four Table
Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  India 3 3 0 0 6 0.913 Advanced to the Final
2  Pakistan 3 2 1 0 4 0.329
3  Bangladesh 3 1 2 0 2 −0.831
4  Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0 0 −0.418
Source: ESPNcricinfo[24]

Match

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Match officials

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Source:[25]

Teams and toss

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India's captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to field.[26] However, during the toss both captains did not shake hands for the third consecutive time in the tournament.[27] Pakistan remained unchanged from the side that played the previous match while India brought Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Shivam Dube in place of Hardik Pandya, Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh respectively.[28]

Summary

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28 September 2025
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
146 (19.1 overs)
v
 India
150/5 (19.4 overs)
Sahibzada Farhan 57 (38)
Kuldeep Yadav 4/30 (4 overs)
Tilak Varma 69* (53)
Faheem Ashraf 3/29 (4 overs)
India won by 5 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Tilak Varma (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Faheem Ashraf (Pak) took his 50th wicket in T20Is.

Scorecard

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Source:[29]

1st innings
 Pakistan batting
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Sahibzada Farhan c Tilak b Varun 57 38 5 3 150.00
Fakhar Zaman c Yadav b Varun 46 35 2 2 131.42
Saim Ayub c Bumrah b Yadav 14 11 2 0 127.27
Mohammad Haris c Rinku b Patel 0 2 0 0 0.00
Salman Ali Agha c †Samson b Yadav 8 7 0 0 114.28
Hussain Talat c †Samson b Patel 1 2 0 0 50.00
Mohammad Nawaz c Rinku b Bumrah 6 9 0 0 66.66
Shaheen Afridi lbw b Yadav 0 3 0 0 0.00
Faheem Ashraf c Tilak b Yadav 0 2 0 0 0.00
Haris Rauf b Bumrah 6 4 1 0 150.00
Abrar Ahmed not out 1 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 4)
7
Total
(10 wickets; 19.1 overs)
 146 10 5 RR: 7.61

Fall of wickets: 1/84 (Farhan, 9.4 ov), 2/113 (Ayub, 12.5 ov), 3/114 (Haris, 13.3 ov), 4/126 (Zaman, 14.4 ov), 5/131 (Talat, 15.3 ov), 6/133 (Salman, 16.1 ov), 7/134 (Afridi, 16.4 ov), 8/134 (Ashraf, 16.6 ov), 9/141 (Rauf, 17.5 ov), 10/146 (Nawaz, 19.1 ov)

 India bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Shivam Dube 3 0 23 0 7.66 0 0
Jasprit Bumrah 3.1 0 25 2 7.89 0 0
Varun Chakravarthy 4 0 30 2 7.50 0 0
Axar Patel 4 0 26 2 6.50 0 0
Kuldeep Yadav 4 0 30 4 7.50 4 0
Tilak Varma 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0
2nd innings
 India batting
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Abhishek Sharma c Rauf b Ashraf 5 6 1 0 83.33
Shubman Gill c Rauf b Ashraf 12 10 1 0 120.00
Suryakumar Yadav c Salman b Afridi 1 5 0 0 20.00
Tilak Varma not out 69 53 3 4 130.18
Sanju Samson c Farhan b Abrar 24 21 2 1 114.28
Shivam Dube c Afridi b Ashraf 33 22 2 2 150.00
Rinku Singh not out 4 1 1 0 400.00
Axar Patel
Kuldeep Yadav
Varun Chakravarthy
Jasprit Bumrah
Extras (w 2)
2
Total
(5 wickets; 19.4 overs)
 150 10 7 RR: 7.62

Fall of wickets: 1/7 (Abhishek, 1.1 ov), 2/10 (Suryakumar, 2.3 ov), 3/20 (Gill, 3.6 ov), 4/77 (Samson, 12.2 ov), 5/137 (Dube, 18.6 ov)

 Pakistan bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Shaheen Afridi 4 0 20 1 5.00 0 0
Faheem Ashraf 4 0 29 3 7.25 0 0
Mohammad Nawaz 1 0 6 0 6.00 0 0
Haris Rauf 3.4 0 50 0 13.63 1 0
Abrar Ahmed 4 0 29 1 7.25 1 0
Saim Ayub 3 0 16 0 5.33 0 0

Aftermath

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During the post-match presentation Tilak Varma was named Player of the Match for scoring 69* runs off 53 balls while Abhishek Sharma was named Player of the Tournament for his strong batting performance throughout the tournament.[30][31]

Later, BCCI announced ₹21 crore prize money for the Indian team including the players, coaches, support staff and team officials.[32]

However, at the presentation ceremony a major controversy erupted as the Indian team refused to accept the winning trophy from ACC president Mohsin Naqvi who also serves as Pakistan's Interior Minister and Chairman of the PCB.[33] This led to a delay in handing out awards, and the team trophy was not formally presented on stage.[34][35] India's captain Suryakumar Yadav later said the side had been "denied" the opportunity to lift the trophy and criticised the handling of the ceremony.[36] Thus, it was the first time in cricket history where trophy was not awarded to the winning team during post match presentation ceremony.[37] Naqvi handed the trophy to the UAE cricket authorities when the BCCI threatened to impeach him from the ACC presidentship for misconduct.[38]

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