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India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2025: Pakistan produced a remarkable effort with the bat as they were off to flying start after India opted to bowl first in the Asia Cup 2025 Super Fours clash in Dubai on Sunday, September 21.

Sahibzada Farhan came out to open again but had a new partner in Fakhar Zaman. Farhan looked in great touch but got a couple of lifelines as India had a disappointing outing with the catching early in the match. On the third ball of the first over of the ongoing match, Abhishek dropped a simple catch of him in the third man area off Hardik Pandya’s bowling.

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Farhan made the most of the opportunity and has so far scored a half-century for the Salman Ali Agha-led side. He survived another scare as Abhishek dropped him on the third ball of the eighth over, bowled by Varun Chakaravarthy.

Adding to India's concern, Kuldeep Yadav also dropped a catch as he gave a lifeline to the out-of-form batter Saim Ayub. The left-handed batter witnessed a change in his batting order as he came out in the no.3 position.

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As was the case in the league match between the two teams, there was no handshake between Suryakumar and his Pakistan counterpart, Salman Agha, at the toss. Andy Pycroft also continued to be the match referee, as the Zimbabwean oversaw the toss.

Both the captains handed the respective team sheets to Pycroft, who in turn exchanged them with the skippers before the toss.

India brought back pacer Jasprit Bumrah and spinner Varun Chakravarthy in place of Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh from the last match.


India vs Pakistan Playing XIs, Asia Cup 2025:

India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy.

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