Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 | Abhishek-Gill show guides India to dominant win against Pakistan

Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill placed on a scintillating present of strokeplay on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium on Sunday (September 22, 2025) to increase India’s imposing document towards Pakistan in T20Is.

IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 highlights

Having crushed the arch-rival by seven wickets in a Group-A gathering of the Asia Cup final weekend, the margin of victory was six wickets on this event because the Males in Blue chased down 172 in 18.5 overs to kick off the Tremendous 4 part on the right observe.

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Abhishek (74, 39b, 6×4, 5×6) and Gill (47, 28b, 8×4), the perfect of mates since their under-12 days in Punjab, handled the spectators to a spellbinding combination of beautiful timing and brutal hitting in a gap stand price 105 runs. That the 2 batters engaged in fiery verbal exchanges with the Pakistan bowlers mirrored the stress amid the handshake row that erupted final Sunday. The gamers didn’t alternate handshakes earlier than or after this recreation both.

Abhishek, as is his wont, began the chase with a pull off Shaheen Afridi that went for six. Whether or not it was tempo from Afridi and Haris Rauf or spin from Abrar Ahmed and Saim Ayub thereafter, the Indian openers effortlessly dispatched the massive hits. The left-handed Abhishek would carry up his fifty with a drive off Saim by means of cowl for 4.

By the point Faheem Ashraf’s inducker dislodged Gill’s stumps within the tenth over, India was effectively on its technique to victory — its seventh in a row towards Pakistan in white-ball cricket. Whereas Abhishek departed a bit of later, Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya noticed the chase by means of.

In Pakistan’s whole of 171 for 5, Sahibzada Farhan was the primary contributor with a 45-ball 58. Shivam Dube was the decide of the Indian bowlers with figures of 4-0-33-2. Jasprit Bumrah, who conceded 45 runs, had a uncommon off-day.

India’s catching on the day was off the mark. Whereas Abhishek dropped Farhan on zero, Kuldeep Yadav provided a reprieve to Saim at quick wonderful leg. Farhan and Saim went on to sew a 72-run alliance for the second wicket. Gill was responsible of dropping Faheem within the nineteenth over.

Pakistan had the higher of the early exchanges. Higher attacking intent, in sync with the necessities of the format, took it to 55 for one after six overs — its highest-ever rating towards India within the PowerPlay in T20Is.

As soon as Fakhar Zaman departed after a brisk begin, Farhan took cost by notably dictating phrases towards Bumrah. 4 fours from the 29-year-old’s willow, through a disdainful drive and a few pugnacious pulls, meant the spearhead was taken for 34 runs in his first three overs. Within the earlier encounter, the Indian spinners had squeezed the Pakistan batters by means of the center part. However Farhan and Saim didn’t fairly enable the spin triumvirate to get on high.

The stand was ultimately damaged by Dube within the eleventh over. The breakthrough helped India pull issues again properly within the second half of the innings. The medium-pacer from Mumbai snared his second scalp when the well-set Farhan skied an off-cutter to Suryakumar Yadav at cowl within the fifteenth over. It contributed to a different emphatic win by the top of the evening.