India defeated Pakistan by five wickets to win the Asia Cup 2025 title. India decided to bowl first by winning the toss in the match played at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. Thanks to Kuldeep Yadav’s brilliant bowling, Pakistan’s entire team was reduced to only 146 runs in 19.1 overs. Chasing the target, India won the match by losing five wickets in 19.4 overs and won the match. Tilak Verma, playing a militant innings, scored an unbeaten 69 off 53 balls with the help of three fours and four sixes.
Rinku Singh hit the victory for India. As soon as Rinku hit the four, the Indian members in the dressing room and the audience on the field jumped happily. Head coach Gautam Gambhir could not keep his passion under control. Tilak, who played a struggle, waved a bat in joy, and the players of Pakistan once again stood up. This is India’s third consecutive win over Pakistan in this tournament, and the team, headed by Suryakumar Yadav, has thus put together a hat-trick of victories against Pakistan.
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Asia Cup 2025 Award and Prize Money
All individual awards of the Asia Cup 2025 were won by Indian players. Pakistani players could not win a single award. Shivam Dube received the Game Changer Award. At the same time, Tilak Verma received the highest sixes award, and he was also named Player of the Match. Kuldeep Yadav took the highest 17 wickets in the Asia Cup 2025. Kuldeep received the Most Valuable Player Award. Abhishek Sharma was elected the Player of the Series. He got the trophy and the Haval H9 car.
Personal Award for Asia Cup Final
Game Changer—Shivam Dubey—$3500
Most sixes—Tilak Verma—$3500
Player of the Final—Tilak Verma—$5000
Most Valuable Player—Kuldeep Yadav—$15000
Player of the Series—Abhishek Sharma—$15000
What happened in the final match?
Chasing a target of 147 runs, the Indian team lost three wickets as Abhishek Sharma (5), Shubman Gill (12), and captain Suryakumar Yadav (1) scored 20 runs. After this, Tilak Verma won 57 for the fourth wicket with Sanju Samson and 60 runs for the fifth wicket with Shivam Dubey and gave India a win by 5 wickets.
Earlier, after losing the toss and batting first, Pakistan was given a strong start by the pair of Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman. Both shared an 84-run partnership for the first wicket in 9.4 overs. Even after this, the team was reduced to 146 runs.
The Indian team has become the Asia Cup champion for the 9th time. The hero of this victory was left-handed batter Tilak Verma, who scored an unbeaten 69 off 53 balls. Pakistan had scored 146 runs while batting first. Team India won the match in the last over.
Top 5 Players with Most Runs and Most Wickets in Asia Cup 2025
Top 5 Batters Who Scored the Most Runs in Asia Cup 2025
India’s opening batter Abhishek Sharma topped the list of players who scored the most runs in the Asia Cup 2025. He scored 314 runs in 7 innings at an average of 44.85 and a strong rate of 200, for which he was also chosen as Player of the Tournament.
| Players Name | Runs Scored |
| Abhishek Sharma | 314 Runs |
| Pathum Nisanka | 261 Runs |
| Sahibzada Farhan | 217 Runs |
| Tilak Verma | 213 Runs |
| Fakhar Zaman | 181 Runs |
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Top 5 Bowlers Who Took the Most Wickets in Asia Cup 2025
At the same time, Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who was at the top of the list of players who took the most wickets in bowling, took 17 wickets in 7 innings with an economy of 9.29 and an economy of 6.27. For this great performance, he received the most valuable player award for the tournament.
| Players Name | Wickets Taken |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 17 Wickets |
| Shaheen Afridi | 10 Wickets |
| Junaid Siddiqui | 9 Wickets |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 9 Wickets |
| Haris Rauf | 9 Wickets |