Asia Cup 2025: Who said what? after IND vs PAK Super 4 match 2

India once again demonstrated their ability to chase, with a thrilling six-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 encounter at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, September 21. Having won the toss, captain Suryakumar Yadav decided to bowl first and laid the platform with India's positive, confident style of play.

Pakistan had a decent start as Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub provided a steady platform. Farhan played fluently for 58 off 45 balls, while Ayub (who had a number of consecutive ducks in the previous T20s) added 21 off 17 balls; Mohammad Nawaz (21), captain Salman Agha (17*) and Faheem Ashraf (20*) also contributed to give Pakistan a competitive total of 171/5 in 20 overs. Shivam Dube was the best bowler with 2/33 while Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav picked up one wicket each.

India were quick to reply, as opening batsman Abhishek Sharma, along with Shubman Gill, attacked their innings, scoring 105 runs for the first wicket partnership. Gill made 47 runs off 28 balls while Abhishek embarked on his innings smashing 74 runs off just 39 deliveries.. Captain Suryakumar Yadav had a rare off day out for a duck, and Sanju Samson contributed a mere 13 runs before Tilak Varma came to the finish hitting 30 off 19 balls without losing any wickets.

IND vs PAK: Who Said What?

Abhishek Sharma (Player of the Match):
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.

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Salman Agha (Pakistan Captain):
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. 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.

Suryakumar Yadav(India Captain):
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 has emailed all players who had butter fingers today.