Abhishek’s innings helps India chase 172 with seven balls to spare of their Tremendous Fours cricket match in opposition to Pakistan in Dubai.
Printed On 21 Sep 2025
A 105-run opening stand between Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill helped defending champions India beat Pakistan by six wickets of their Asia Cup Tremendous 4 match, a second victory over their archrivals within the Twenty20 cricket event.
Put in to bat first within the match on Sunday, Pakistan set India a goal of 172, which they reached with seven balls remaining.
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There was no handshake between the groups’ gamers but once more, with the match performed amid lingering tensions between the 2 nations within the wake of a navy battle between the nuclear-armed neighbours in Could.
There was clear stress between each units of gamers it threatened to bubble over in India’s innings as Pakistan’s quick bowler Haris Rauf appeared to exchage heated phrases with Sharma and Gill.
Put in to bat first, Pakistan had a 72-run partnership between Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub for the second wicket that laid the muse for its innings after Fakhar Zaman (15) fell early.
Farhan, who was dropped within the first over by Sharma, accomplished his half-century in 34 balls, steering Pakistan to 91-1 after 10 overs.
However Pakistan couldn’t hit a single boundary within the subsequent six overs as Ayub (21), Hussain Talat (10) and Farhan (58 off 45) received out in fast succession.
Unbeaten knocks from captain Salman Ali Agha (17 off 13) and Faheem Ashraf (20 off 8) added 42 runs within the final three overs to assist Pakistan attain a aggressive 171-5.
Sharma introduced his intentions by hitting Shaheen Shah Afridi for a six on the primary ball, and hit 4 boundaries and 4 sixes to finish his half-century in 24 balls.
India appeared to be cruising to a fast victory till Gill (47 off 28) was bowled by Faheem Ashraf within the tenth over.
Captain Suryakumar Yadav fell to Haris Rauf (2-26) for a duck within the very subsequent over, and Sharma (74 off 39) was dismissed by Abrar Ahmed quickly after, quickly throttling India’s chase.
However India, who beat Pakistan by seven wickets within the group stage, nonetheless received over the road, with Tilak Varma (30 off 19) hitting Afridi for a six and a 4 within the last two balls of the innings.
Pakistan will face Sri Lanka on Tuesday, with either side on the lookout for their first win within the Tremendous 4, a day earlier than India play Bangladesh, who beat Sri Lanka on Saturday.
