India vs Pakistan Highlights, Asia Cup 2025 Super 4: IND defeat PAK by six wickets in Dubai

“This is no longer a rivalry, when. a team is winning 7-1 or 13-0. Rivalry is when teams win 6-7 games each.”

The way the boys are stepping up in every game, it's making my job very easy. The boys showed a lot of character. They were calm after the first 10 overs (of India's bowling innings). After drinks, I told them the game starts now. That's fine, he's not a robot, he will have a bad day someday (talking about Bumrah). Dube bailed us out of the situation. They complement each other really well (Abhishek and Gill). It's like a fire and ice combination. After the first innings, our fielding coach - T Dilip, has emailed all players who had butter fingers today

We are yet to play a perfect game, but we are getting there. A great game but in the powerplay they took the game away from us. Looking back with the position we were in after 10 overs, we could have got 10-15 more. 170-180 is a good total but in the powerplay they batted well, that was the difference. If you see the bowlers are going for runs, you need to change it, that's how it goes in T20s. There's a lot of positives - the way Fakhar batted, Farhan batted and Harry bowled. Looking forward to the next game against Sri Lanka.

Today was pretty simple, the way they were coming out to us without any reason, I did not like it at all. That's why I went after them. I wanted to deliver for the team. We have been playing since school days, we enjoy each other's company, we thought we would do it and today was the day. The way he was giving it back, I really enjoyed it. If you see someone playing like this, that's the intent I show and I'm practicing really hard and if it's my day, I'm gonna win it for my team.

Tilak Varma ultimately finishes the job for India. His cameo has seen them through without much stutter in the end. It is another fabulous chase from India against Pakistan. In the first innings, especially in the first few overs, the sluggish fielding and poor bowling gave an impression of only one side turning up, but as the innings went on, India got better and better, and in the 2nd innings, although Pakistan had runs under their belt to defend, that opening partnership between Gill and Abhishek blew them away. The way Pakistan has played yet again today sums up their predicament against India in recent times. When their batting worked, their bowling faltered, and when the bowling does work, batting does not turn up. Will we have another India vs Pakistan next Sunday? We have to wait and see. For now, that's it from the game part. We will be right back with the presentation. Do stay with us.

Tilak Varma pulled a six off Faheem Ashraf, and that must be the game. There was a bit of tension building with the wickets falling and a few tight overs, which Pakistan managed to string in a row. One thing that Surya and the Indian team will notice is that at the toss, Surya mentioned the reason behind bowling first was that he was expecting a bit of dew in the second innings, which did not come. The batting got harder and harder as the overs went on, and if not for that start from Gill and Abhishek, India would have been in a lot more difficult position. As per Pakistan, once again, they just lacked the venom that they had a year or so back.

India is getting squeezed about since those wickets. As we update, Rauf has picked up Sanju Samson. The batter tried to heave the ball on the leg-side and missed the ball completely and the stumps got rattled. Do we have a twist in the tale here late in the piece? From a comfortoble situation to an awkward sitaution India has brought themselves in the last 20 minutes or so. Hardik Pandya has walked into the middle it is his and Tilak's calmness needed to take India over the line. Amidst all the choas, Haris Rauf has been the pick of the bowlers for Pakistan today.

Interestingly, Salman Agha has not used Nawaz at all today with the ball. Although Nawaz has had his issues against India in the past, coming into the tournament, he was in good form, winning two man of the tournament awards in the last two series Pakistan has played. If the bowlers who have played had performed well, that would have been a different matter, but none of them looked threatening, and all the wickets that Pakistan have managed to pick are self-induced by the mistakes of the Indian batters rather than created through building pressure or some masterful trickery with the ball in the hand.

Abrar Ahmed has picked up Abhishek Sharma here. It was a leg-spinner thrown away from Abhishek, which could have been cut, but for some reason the left-hander tried to drag it from there to the leg-side, and it took the bottom edge, and Haris Rauf took the catch. India is in control of this game at this point in time, but they have lost three quick wickets. Sanju Samson has walked into the middle, and all the situation demands from here is some common sense cricket, and both Tilak and Samson have played enough IPL cricket to understand that, and both would be aiming to have a not out next to their name by the end of this game.

India has lost two wickets since our last update. First, it was Shubman Gill who was undone by a screamer from Faheem Ashreef. It was a wobble seam delivery from Ashraf, which nipped back in, and Gill lost his off and middle stump, and then Surya came in, played a couple of dots, and tried to play his favourite leg-side flick. The ball took the leading edge, and Abrar Ahmed at third man took a lovely catch. India is in a bit of trouble right now. the run-rate is still under control because of the start India has managed. They just need to put out the fire for a bit, and Tilak Varma is the ideal candidate to bat in this situation. He will look to rotate strike and build a partnership with Abhishek, and once India reaches a situation where they cannot lose this game, they can go to overdrive again.

We have an early drinks break here. Gill charged down the ground and played a tennis shot through the cover region, and was in a bit of discomfort as he was trying to take a single. It is quite hot and humid out in the middle, and Gill has played a lot of cricket in recent times. India will be hoping it is nothing serious and it is a cramp. If it is a hamstring injury it will take a few weeks before it will heal hence he might be out of the tournament. As per the game itself another game against India a deja vu for Pakistan. They have got a decent total today but the bowling has looked absolutely toothless or made to look as one by the assault of Abhishek and Gill.

Venkata Krishna B: India-Pakistan matches in recent years have seldom seen fiery clashes on the field with the bonhomie between players often being at the forefront even when the likes of Virat Kohli and Mohammed Siraj – known for their aggressesion – were around. On Sunday, however, the second half of the game saw a change with Indian openers Abhishek Sharma and Shubham Gill involved in some exchanges with Pakistan bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf, seemingly engaging in verbal volleys. There was a moment that almost seemed like a throwback to the famous Aamir Sohail vs Venkatesh Prasad moment at the 1996 World Cup. Gill walked down the wicket and, after crisply hitting one through covers, pointed to Afridi where the ball travelled. He would then again get into an exchange with Rauf as well. It wasn’t just Gill. His opening partner Abhishek too was at the thick of it all with a couple of exchanges, first with Afridi where he went face-to-face once. Then when Rauf came on, he exchanged a few words at the end of the over, forcing the umpire to intervene.

Abhishek drove one through covers to get to his half-century here. What a sublime a innings this has been from him. Since coming to the Indian side he has been given freehand. There will be days he will not come off but on the days like this there is no stopping him. This innings once again took the game away in the powerplay from Pakistan, and now India are in a situation where they can just cruise to a win. And mind you they are chasing 171 runs and that score is being made a mockery by the way both these openers are batting in the middle. Credit also must be given to Shubman Gill. he complemented Abhishek Sharma quite superbly.

It is getting quite spicy in the middle here. Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill have not shied away from having heated arguments with the bowlers first it was Shaeen Shah Afridi and now it is Haris Rauf. Rauf in that previous over, was constantly chirping at Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill after hitting his trademark pull shot through mid-wicket of the final ball, said something which fueled the matter, and the umpire had to intervene. In recent years, we have not seen this sort of on-field heat between India and Pakistan. Things have been more towards ligher and politer side.

India is running away here with the chase. Shubman Gill did get hold of Shaheen Shah in that previous over, carving him for three boundaries. There was some heated exchange between the duo but because Gill got three boundaries away he had the last laugh. Abrar Ahmed has come into the attack early in the piece here, and Abhishek Sharma is going after him. His economy through the competition has been around 3s, but Abhishek and Gill if they bat for a bit of time they will make sure that will go up by a bit. Also, India will be wary of the fact that batting against the softer ball won't be easy on this pitch as they have seen in the first innings hence they would be hoping to make the most of this first six overs here.

If it was a fuller one, which Abhishek anticipated and charged down the ground to hit for a boundary in the previous game, it was a short one, which Abhishek waited on the back foot and hooked it for a six of the first ball today. That is the start India would have wanted in that opening over to put the pressure right back on the Pakistan bowlers. Saim Ayub has come into the attack from the other end. He was the best bowler for Pakistan when these two sides met last week. He does have a cunning carrom bowl, which did take the Indians by a bit of surprise last week. However, this week they will be better prepared to deal with his trickery after watching him through the week against various oppositions.

Shaheen Shah Afridi has got the new ball. It is going to be a cracking chase; both Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill are in the middle. The first six overs are going to be crucial in this chase. Gill has had a quiet series so far and today is the day he would want to change that and if he gets going India will win this game in a cantor.

Pakistan (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha(c), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris(w), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

Vinayakk Mohanarangan: It would have been the perfect moment for Sunil Gavaskar to be on commentary duties. The former India captain, over his long commentary career, is often known to get super frustrated when players make silly errors. Bowling no balls, not sliding the bat while completing a run, and so on. Mohammad Nawaz produced one of those bizarre moments on Sunday in the 19th over, as he made a poor excuse of an attempt to get back into the crease. The ball was hit by Salman Ali Agha straight to Varun Chakaravarthy at square leg. Despite Jasprit Bumrah holding his arm up to the fielder, asking him not to throw the ball, Varun went for a direct hit and missed it at the non-striker's end. The ball was gathered by Suryakumar Yadav, who took a moment as it seemed the ball was about to become dead. But the Indian captain saw what no one else did: Nawaz going walkabouts. So he unleased a throw that flicked the bails and Nawaz's reaction was too late. "I am speechless about the presence of mind as far as Nawaz is concerned," Wasim Akram said on air. It was, in all honesty, more about the absence of mind. It was a pretty eventful over too. A stunning yorker kept out by Nawaz before his brain-fade, then a six by Faheem Ashraf first ball, followed by yet another dropped catch on the night, this time Shubman Gill at deep midwicket. Bumrah, who had one of the more trying nights of his stellar career, just had a rueful smile at the end of it all.

Faheem Ashraf closes the innings with a six, and Pakistan gets to 171/5 from their quota of 20 overs. They should have gotten to 180 with the start they have got for themselves, but that is definitely a good comeback from India in the second half of that innings. Shivam Dube is the man who has turned around things for India in that passage of 11-15 with his military medium and clever pace variations. The way Pakistan was going in the first half, it did seem like this was going to be one-way traffic, but in the end, they have left the door open for India. It is not going to be as easy as last Sunday, but it is definitely doable. Do stay with us for all the action from the 2nd innings.

Mohammad Nawaz has fallen here. That is one of those Instagram meme dismissals that go viral. That was poor and Nawaz and something the coach and skippers would be livid with. he completed the single and was looking for a second and charged back for a couple of steps, and Agha denied, and without looking to return to crease, he was wandering around, and Surya was sharp enough and hit the stumps, and Nawaz was out of the crease. That was quite a nothing knock from Nawaz. He needed a couple of boundaries to up his strike rate and make his innings good, but in the end he consumed the deliveries and threw his wicket due to a lack of awareness.

Surya has thrown the ball to Dube here, and he swapped the end, and 17 runs came out of that over. It was a hopeful over from Surya that Dube could deliver something, but it always has a risk associated with it at this stage of the innings. After a couple of good overs from Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav, that over has swung the momentum towards Pakistan again. The captaincy from Surya today has been quite unusual here. He has got a few right, but also got a few wrong, and the ones that he got wrong did cost India big time today.

Vinayakk Mohanarangan: For all the intent that Pakistan showed earlier in this match, two leaves outside the off stump in the 17th of the innings with six wickets in hand is one of the most bizarre things you’d see in a T20 innings irrespective of pitch conditions. Captain Salman Ali Agha not covering himself in glory there. Kuldeep Yadav had him in sixes and sevens that over, despite conceding a six earlier in the over.

That was a poor referral for India. It sums up the kind of day they had today. Salman Agha tried to sweep the ball, and it hit the pad. The umpire did not give it out, and what Kuldeep said to Suryakumar to convince him to go up would be a chat worth hearing. It was pitching down the leg side, and that is what ball tracking confirmed. Nevertheless, these have been a good couple of overs from Kuldeep to close out his spell. He has been quite smart in these overs, pulling his length back and varying his pace nicely. In the end, all in all, both Chakarvarthy and Kuldeep did deliver a decent spell.

This is a critical passage in this game. Pakistan is vulnerable here, and they can lose their way. They need to close these five overs quite cleverly. With the bowling options India have at their disposal, Pakistan can lose their way if they don't pick their bowlers rightly for these conditions to attack. A spare thought on Shivam Dube, who hardly bowls for Chennai Super Kings or for India in bilateral cricket. Today, when the side was under the pump, he came in and delivered a fabulous spell. Will he bowl all four? We have to wait and see, but his two wickets have definitely turned the momentum of this innings.

That is decent over from Kuldeep Yadav. He has pulled his length back here. He was pitching the ball up earlier and looking to beat the batters in the air with flight; however, once he realised batters were up for it in that previous over, he looked to bowl flatter and quicker. Hussain, who came into the side, tried to reverse-sweep the delivery, and the top-edge went to the fine-leg fielder, who took a good catch. As we update, India has picked up another one, and it is Farhan. Shivam Dube bowled a slower one, which Farhan tried to slap through off-side and lost the grip of the bat, and the ball went in the air, and Suryakumar Yadav at mid-off took a simple catch.

Surya has got two overs out of the form of Shivam Dube, which should compensate for some of the overs of spinners. Given how Hardik has bowled in that opening spell, he would be expected to complete his quote alongside Bumrah. The question will be how he will maneuver the overs of Kuldeep and Axar from here on. Kuldeep, after starting the tournament well, has gone off the boil in the last couple of matches. Batters have been able to get underneath him and get a few boundaries away. Well, well, what do we know as we update Kuldeep Yadav picked up Hussain Talat here.

This does seem to be a better wicket than what we have seen in the last clash when both these sides have met at the same venue; however, runs on the board will always create pressure for the chasing team. It does seem like India has not got their combination right for the game and have gone in with one spinner too many. After the powerplay, it was the role of the spinners to put the choke on, but they did not have much to work with and Pakistan had set batters who did not show any mercy against the spinners and did not let them settle into a rhythm.

This is a tough test for India here. Since the 2024 T20 World Cup they have been quite dominant and have not been tested in pressure situations. Suryakumar Yadav, the skipper, needs to find answers here on the go. The captaincy for him has been quite smooth sailing, but this counter assault from Pakistan does seem to take India by surprise. As we update, Dube has picked up the wicket for India. It is Ayub who tried to play the leg glance and got the top edge. Abhishek Sharma, running from the boundary at fine-leg, took a very good catch. Much-needed breakthrough for India that one.

This is superb batting from India. They have been quite brutal today against the bowlers. As we update, Farhan smacks a six and gets to a half-century. What an innings this has been from today. Yes, he was dropped initially, but he still had to make the most of the opportunity, which he did quite superbly today. The way he and Fakhar attacked Bumrah in the power play has set the tone for Pakistan. The way things are going at the moment, 180 looks a possibility for Pakistan, which will be a competitive total on this wicket.