India defeated Pakistan by a massive margin of 7 wickets in the Asia Cup 2025 Group A match on September 14 (Sunday). The atch may have been overshadowed by the no-handshake controvery, but Indias dominant performance cannot be overlooked.
Pakistan had a shambolic performance as they were restricted to 128/9 in their 20 overs, while India chased down the target comfortably with 25 balls to spare. Former India pacer Irfan Pathan absolutely trolled the Men in Green after this shambolic showing against India.
In an interaction with Sony Sports Network, Irfan Pathan said that there are a number of teams in India’s domestic structure can beat Pakistan, especially Mumbai and Punjab. He also mentioned that a lot of IPL teams also have the potential to beat the Men in Green in international cricket.
“If you ask which of our domestic teams can beat Pakistan, I know for sure Mumbai can beat them. Punjab can beat them. Next, which IPL team can beat Pakistan? A lot of them,” Pathan said.
Kuldeep Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav Shine As India Decimate Pakistan
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. The Indian bowlers were all over the Pakistani batters, especially the spin trio of Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Varun Chakaravarthy. They could only manage to score 127/9, that too because of some late hitting from Shaheen Afridi. Kuldeep finished with figures of 3/18.
India never looked in trouble in the run chase of 128. Abhishek Sharma gave the Men in Blue a powerful start with a quickfire 31-run knock. Suryakumar Yadav then put up a half-century stand for the third wicket, with the captain going on to hit a 47-run innings to seal the match for India.