Left -handed 5 players proved to be a star in Team India’s victoryImage Credit Source: PTI
The result of the Asia Cup 2025 was the same, which was being expected before the tournament started. The Indian team won the title for the 9th time without losing a single match and retained their reign in T20 cricket. In the final, Team India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets and in this tournament scored a hat -trick of victory against it. The victory of the final was also special because here Team India implicated Pakistan in the left hand trap and only 5 players wrote the story of victory.
The final held in Dubai was the third match between India and Pakistan in this Asia Cup. Both the initial matches won both the matches in a one -sided manner but the match was exciting in the final and Pakistan also put India under pressure. However, this did not change the result and the victory was that of Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav. But the star of Team India’s victory was 5 such players who demolished Pakistan with the left hand.
Kuldeep-Aakshar became a disaster in bowling
It started by star spinner Kuldeep Yadav. Kuldeep, who took the highest 17 wickets in the tournament, took 4 wickets in this final, out of which 3 came in the same over. This over broke the back of Pakistan and the team moving towards making a big score was piled up for just 146 runs. Another left -arm spinner Akshar Patel also contributed to Kuldeep, who piled Mohammad Harris and Hussain Talat in their 2 consecutive overs. Akshar took 2 wickets for 26 runs.
Tilak and Shivam played bands with bat
After the bowlers, the turn was of left -handed batsmen. The biggest name in this was Abhishek Sharma, who had already created panic in the tournament. But this time he could not walk in the finals and was dismissed for 5 runs. But ‘Lefty’ Tilak Verma, who came after him, died by winning Team India. Tilak, who handled India in difficulty in trouble, played an unbeaten innings of 69 runs in 53 balls and brought the team to victory and became the player of the match.
During this time, he also got the support of left -handed batsman Shivam Dubey, who played an explosive innings of 33 runs in just 22 balls and turned the match towards India. By the way, Shivam also contributed to the right hand bowling and spent only 23 runs in a 3 over spell. After this, Bari came from the left arm batter Rinku Singh, who did not get a chance in the entire tournament but he got a chance in the final and it also came to his turn in the last over. When Team India needed 2 runs in 3 balls, Rinku, playing his first ball, finished the match directly and made the team champion.