[Watch] Tilak Varma smashes Haris Rauf for stunning six under pressure in final over of IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2025

In the Asia Cup final, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and chose to bowl first. Pakistan started well. The opening pair scored 84 runs. Sahibzada Farhan made 57 runs. Fakhar Zaman made 46 runs. At that time, the Pakistani batters put Bumrah under pressure.

But when the Indian spinners came, Pakistan lost the game. After the first three batters, no one else scored more than 10 runs. Pakistan was all out for 146 runs. Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets.

In reply, India batted and lost 3 wickets for 20 runs. Then Tilak Verma built an important 57-run partnership with Sanju Samson. After that, he made another partnership with Shivam Dube and took India to victory. Even though Dube got out, Tilak stayed strong. He finished unbeaten on 69 runs and won the match for India.

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Tilak Varma seals India’s win

With India needing 10 runs off the final over, Tilak Varma ran a couple of runs after a mistake, then hit a six to reduce the pressure. He pulled a back-of-length delivery that cleared the ropes easily. Head coach Gautam Gambhir celebrated as the ball went over the boundary. Earlier, Tilak had taken on Haris Rauf in the 15th over, scoring 17 runs, including a couple of boundaries, which eased the pressure on India before the final overs.

A knock to remember

Tilak Varma finished unbeaten on 69 runs off 53 balls in the Asia Cup 2025 final. He was doubtful for the final after hurting himself while trying to take a catch in the last Super 4 game against Sri Lanka. But he was fit and played an amazing innings. His knock included three fours and four sixes, with a strike rate of 130.19. This was his fourth T20I fifty, with the last one also coming in a tense run chase against England in Chennai.