Shaheen Shah Afridi’s innings of 33* off 16 balls helped Pakistan reach a total of 127 runs.
India vs Pak Scorecard, Asia Cup 2025: Pakistan’s decision to bat first after winning the toss backfired on them. Their innings started faltering right from the beginning, and they lost 2 wickets in the first 2 overs. Although Sahibzada Farhan tried to save the team by scoring 40 runs, but as soon as he was out, wickets started falling again.
Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel’s spin troubled the Pakistani batsmen a lot. Kuldeep dismissed Hasan Nawaz and Mohammad Nawaz with googlies on two consecutive balls.
In the end, Shaheen Shah Afridi scored 33 runs with the help of 4 sixes and took Pakistan to a respectable score. The whole team was all out for 127 runs.
Chasing a target of 128 runs, India’s openers Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill took an aggressive approach from the very first ball. Both of them put pressure on Pakistan’s best bowlers, due to which the morale of the Pakistani bowlers seemed to be breaking.
Although Saim Ayub tried to curb India’s aggression by dismissing Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma kept it going and kept scoring runs at a brisk pace. India were still in a strong position after his dismissal. After this, Tilak Verma and captain Suryakumar Yadav took charge of the innings and led the team towards victory.
India comfortably won by 7 wickets and 25 balls remaining. He is now at the top of the table in the Asia Cup in Group A.
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PAK 127/9 (20 ov) – PAK chose to bat first
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Haris (Wk) c Hardik Pandya b Jasprit Bumrah |
3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Fakhar Zaman c Tilak Varma b Axar Patel |
17 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 113.33 |
| Salman Ali Agha (C) c Abhishek Sharma b Axar Patel |
3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Hassan Nawaz c Axar Patel b Kuldeep Yadav |
5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 |
| Mohammad Nawaz lbw b Kuldeep Yadav |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Faheem Ashraf lbw b Varun Chakaravarthy |
11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 78.57 |
| Shaheen Afridi not out |
33 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 206.25 |
| Sufiyan Muqeem b Jasprit Bumrah |
10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 166.67 |
| Abrar Ahmed not out |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardik Pandya | 3.0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 11.33 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 4.0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 7.00 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 4.0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 4.0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4.50 |
| Axar Patel | 4.0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 4.50 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 |
IND 131/3 (15.5 ov) – India won by 7 wickets (25 balls left)
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhishek Sharma c Faheem Ashraf b Saim Ayub |
31 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 238.46 |
| Shubman Gill st Mohammad Haris b Saim Ayub |
10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 142.86 |
| Suryakumar Yadav (C) not out |
47 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 127.03 |
| Tilak Varma b Saim Ayub |
31 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Shivam Dube not out |
10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 142.86 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Afridi | 2.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 |
| Saim Ayub | 4.0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 8.75 |
| Abrar Ahmed | 4.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | 3.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Sufiyan Muqeem | 2.5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 10.24 |
Pitch Report: The pitch is expected to be dry, and the captain who wins the toss may opt to bowl first. The role of spinners will be important in this match.
Toss: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first.
India vs Pakistan Playing XIs
India Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy
Pakistan Playing XI: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris(w), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha(c), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed
India and Pakistan Head to Head in T20I
Total Matches: 13
India Wins: 9
Pakistan Wins: 3
Tied: 1
India vs Pakistan Squads:
India: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh
Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (Captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Mohammad Wasim Jr.
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Yograj Singh Father of former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh India vs Pakistan match
As far as Pakistan is concerned, what will it do? It cannot compete with India. Since the IPL came to India, Indian players have become very big. Why? To get money. There is money here. It is a good thing. There should be money. Why not? Players should get money. Where there is money, there is prosperity.
Gautam Gambhir on India vs Pakistan match
“My personal answer to this is absolutely no,” Gambhir said when asked whether India should continue playing Pakistan in multi-team tournaments. “Till all this [terrorism] doesn’t stop, there should not be anything between India and Pakistan.”
“Ultimately, this is government’s decision whether we play them or not this is not up to me, it’s not in my jurisdiction. This is for BCCI and, more importantly, the government to decide whether we should play them or not. Whatever decision they make, we should be absolutely fine with it and not politicise it.”
Harbhajan Singh on India vs Pakistan match
India-Pakistan always come in limelight. Operation Sindoor happened. Everybody said there should be no cricket games, business with Pakistan. We did not play the Legends game. It is about own approach, understanding. I feel that until the relations improve, cricket games, business should not happen with Pakistan. However, if the government thinks otherwise, then it is okay, but the situation should improve between India and Pakistan.
