Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- India beat Pakistan by five wickets to win the Asia Cup 2025 in Dubai on Sunday.Tilak Varma's unbeaten 69 anchored innings during the chase of 147 runs after an early collapse, while left arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav's four wickets triggered Pakistan's dramatic batting collapse which helped India win with two balls to spare. It was India's second T-20 Asia Cup victory after 2016, and ninth overall since 1984.

This was the first India-Pakistan final in Asia Cup history, which started in 1984. The two sides had already met twice earlier in this tournament in group stage and Super Four both won comfortably by India. Invited to bat first Pakistan started superbly, with openers Sahibzada Farhan (57) and Fakhar Zaman ...