Abhishek Sharma will not run in the final?Image Credit Source: PTI
In the final of the Asia Cup 2025 between India and Pakistan, one player who is going to have the most eye on is Team India’s young opener Abhishek Sharma. The left -handed explosive batsman has created a panic in the entire tournament with his quick batting and has been a big reason for Team India to reach the finals by winning every match. In such a situation, they will be expected to have a stormy innings even before the final. But former Indian all -rounder Irfan Pathan feels that Abhishek may fail in this final but despite this he has warned Pakistan.
Opener Abhishek, who is playing his first big tournament for Team India, has scored runs in almost every match. He has the highest number of runs in this tournament so far, which also has a half -century innings against Pakistan. In this entire tournament, no bowler was able to bother him very much and in almost every match he has batted at a strike rate of more than 160-170.
What did Irfan say on Abhishek?
In such a situation, they can prove to be a big threat for Pakistan again and that is why the most attention of the Pakistani team will be on dismissing Abhishek early. In this case, Irfan believes that this can happen. In a video posted on his YouTube channel, Irrfan said, “Everyone must be thinking that Pakistan will target Abhishek Sharma in the finals and ‘Law of Average’ may also apply, maybe they will not be able to score runs someday. But they should not change their way.”
With the ‘Law of Average’ (average rule), Irfan means balance that when a batsman scored a continuous run, there is a time when his bat does not run. But despite this, the former Indian star believes that Pakistan’s victory is not decided even by dismissing Abhishek quickly. He said, “If Pakistan feels that he will win the match only by dismissing Abhishek, then (India) is also the second player.”
Most runs, explosive strike rate
In this tournament, Abhishek is holding Indian batting in a way. He has scored the highest 309 runs in this tournament so far. He has scored these runs in 6 innings at an average of 51.50 and explosive strike rate of 204.63, including 3 half -centuries. He is followed by Tilak Verma at number two for India, who has scored 144 runs at a strike rate of 139.