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Asia Cup Final, India vs Pakistan 2025: In the evening of the final, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav had luck on his side as he won the toss and elected to bowl first against bitter rivals Pakistan on Sunday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Suryakumar, who had no hesitation to bowl first, surprised everyone with the news that all-rounder Hardik Pandya would not be playing the final.

It is worth noting that Hardik featured against Sri Lanka on Friday, bowling just one over in the match.

Suryakumar stated that Hardik is carrying a niggle which has forced him out of the encounter.

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Suryakumar Yadav at the toss: "We are looking to bowl first. It looks like a good wicket. The wicket gets better under lights. We have been batting well first but we would like to chase today. The groundsmen have done a terrific job with the wickets here and it will stay the same. The brand of cricket we have been playing for the last 5-6 games is pretty good and we would like to continue that. Unfortunately Hardik misses out due to a niggle, Arshdeep and Harshit also miss out. Bumrah, Dube and Rinku come in."

Salman Agha at the toss: "Definitely happy to bat first. We are very excited and looking forward to this game. We haven't played a perfect game and hopefully we play one today. Same side. We have been playing on these pitches for a while and it will play the same."

Rinku Singh and Shivam Dube came in for Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh. Pakistan retained the same eleven from the last match.

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Teams:

India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy.

Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha (c), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.