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IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2025 Final: Live updates, scorecard, result & highlights as India decide to field first and Pandya misses out

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IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2025 Final: Live updates, scorecard, result & highlights as India decide to field first and Pandya misses out image

India face arch-rivals Pakistan for the third time in the Asia Cup 2025 on Sunday, September 22, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the grand finale.

The Men in Blue will aim to defend their title and end their campaign with a 100 per cent win record. Suryakumar Yadav's side have been near perfect in their performances and will hope to make it three wins in a row against their rivals

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Pakistan, on the other hand, will seek revenge after facing defeats, both in the group stage and in the Super Four. This is the first time in history that India and Pakistan are coming face-to-face in an Asia Cup final.

As the arch-rivals lock horns, here is the match day live blog with scores, highlights and updates, brought to you by The Sporting News.

IND vs PAK, Asia Cup 2025 Final: Live score updates

8:01 pm: Shivam Dube begin proceedings with the ball for India. 

7:31 pm: Suryakumar Yadav wins the toss and decides to field first. SKY confirms that Hardik Pandya misses out due to injury. 

The match is scheduled to begin at 8:00 PM IST, while the toss will take place at 7:30 PM IST.

Hello and welcome to the Live blog of today's Asia Cup 2025 final clash between India and Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the UAE.

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Asia Cup 2025: IND vs PAK Asia Cup Final latest betting odds

According to Dafabet, India are the favourites to win the Asia Cup clash against Pakistan.

TeamBetting odds
India1.21
PAK4.50

India vs PAK, Asia Cup 2025 Final: Confirmed XI

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

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

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Ritabrata_Banerjee

Ritabrata is a content producer for The Sporting News' India edition

Saurav Goyal

Saurav Goyal is a Content Producer at the Sporting News with over two years of experience in covering cricket. An avid cricket fan for more than two decades, his passion for the game led him to writing. Since then, he’s been delivering the latest news and engaging content to keep cricket fans informed and entertained.

Mayank Bande

Mayank Bande has been a content producer at The Sporting News since 2023 and has extensive experience in cricket writing. His work has previously appeared on platforms like OneCricket and Last Word on Sports. Beyond cricket, Mayank closely follows football as an FC Barcelona supporter, along with tennis and Olympic sports. Despite holding a degree in Business Administration, he chose to pursue a career in sports, bringing sharp analysis to his writing as someone who once played cricket.