Tilak Varma’s unconquered 53-ball 69 and Kuldeep Yadav’s bowling brilliance (4-30) powered India to their 9th Asia Cup title at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
INDIA'S INNINGS
20th Over
Captain Agha has reposed confidence in Rauf. Tilak Varma creamed Rauf off six in the second delivery. Rinku helped India sweep past Pakistan by whacking a boundary and India lifted the title again with two balls remaining.
19th Over
Faheem Ashraf conceded seven runs and picked up a wicket.
18th Over
Haris Rauf conceded 13 runs in the 18th over.
17th Over
Shaheen Shah Afridi conceded six runs in the 17th over.
16th Over
Abrar Ahmed conceded 11 runs in the 16th over.
15th Over
Haris Rauf conceded 17 runs in the 15th over.
14th Over
Saim Ayub conceded five runs in the 14th over.
13th Over
Abrar Ahmed made a strong comeback and picked up a wicket of Sanju Samson. He picked up a wicket of Sanju Samson, who scored 21-ball 24, lacing with the solitary six.
12th Over
Sanju Samson creamed a six off Saim Ayub. Abrar conceded seven runs.
11th Over
Abrar Ahmed conceded 11 in the 11th over
10th Over
Saim Ayub conceded four runs in the 10 over.
9th Over
Abrar Ahmed conceded five runs. Sanju Samson’s catch was dropped by Haris Rauf.
8th Over
Haris Rauf conceded seven runs
7th Over
Nawaz conceded six runs in the seventh over.
6th Over
Faheem conceded 11 runs in the sixth over.
5th Over
Shaheen Shah Afridi conceded five runs in the fifth over.
4th Over
Faheem picked up a wicket of Gill, who scored 10-ball 12, lacing with one boundary. Fa
3rd Over
Shaheen conceded two runs and picked up a wicket.
2nd Over
Faheem Ashraf has picked up a wicket of Abhishek Sharma, who could only score 5 runs. Faheem conceded three runs.
1st Over
Shaheen Shah Afridi conceded seven runs. Abhhishek Sharma creamed a boundary off Shaheen.
PAKISTAN'S INNINGS
20th Over
Jasprit Bumrah has perplexed Nawaz on 9-ball 6. Pakistan were bundled out for 146 with five balls remaining.
19th Over
Varun Chakravarthy conceded merely five runs in the 19th over.
18th Over
Jasprit Bumrah conceded seven runs and picked up a wicket of Haris Rauf (6).
17th Over
Kuldeep Yadav might bowled a game-changing over and picked up three wickets. He removed Agha (8), Shaheen (0) and Faheem (0)
16th Over
Axar Patel bowled a tremendous over and picked up a wicket of Hussain Talat, who could only score 2-ball 1. He conceded five runs in the 16th over.
15th Over
Varun Chakravarthy conceded 10 runs, but picked up a wicket of Fakhar Zaman, who was looking good, but could merely score 35-ball 46, lacing with two boundaries and two towering sixes.
14th Over
Axar Patel conceded five runs and picked up a wicket of Axar Patel.
13th Over
Kuldeep conceded six runs and picked up a wicket.
12 Over
Tilak Varma has conceded nine runs in the 12th over.
11th Over
Shivam Dube conceded 11 runs.
10th Over
Chakravarthy conceded 10 runs in the 10th over. But he got rid of Farhan, who might had done his job, with blistering 38-ball 57, lacing with five boundaries and three sixes.
9th Over
Kuldeep conceded 13 runs in the ninth over. Zaman clubbed a six off Kuldeep. Farhan completed his second fifty against India.
8th Over
Patel conceded 8 runs in the 8th over.
7th Over
Indian premier spinner Kuldeep Yadav came to bowl, but the Pakistan batters have tackled him with great smartness. Sahibzada spoiled Kuldeep’s over by clobbering a six off Kuldeep. Pakistan have compiled 11 runs in the seventh over.
6th Over
Axar Patel bowled a good before it was spoiled by Sahibzada Farhan, who picked up a boundary in the last over. Pakistan finished a powerplay, plundering 45 runs.
5th Over
Varun Chakravarthy came to bowl in his first over and conceded five runs.
4th Over
Sahibzada treated Bumrah with utter contempt. He picked up a boundary in the first delivery. He clobbered a sixer of the third delivery. Pakistan plundered 13 runs in the fourth over.
3rd Over
Dube conceded eight runs. Zaman smashed a boundary off Dube.
2nd Over
Bumrah conceded seven runs in the second over. Farhan clubbed a boundary off Bumrah.
1st Over
Shivam Dube conceded a merely boundary as Sahibzada Farhan clubbed one.
TOSS
India have elected to field first against Pakistan in the final match of the Asia Cup at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
INDIA: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
PAKISTAN: Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (c), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wk), Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
