Tilak Verma’s match winning innings. (Photo- PTI)
The final match of the Asia Cup 2025 was played between the teams of India and Pakistan. In this high-voltage match, Team India won and won the Asia Cup title for the 9th time. For the first time between India and Pakistan, the final of the Asia Cup was encouraged and a very exciting competition was seen. But Tilak Verma’s innings overshadowed Pakistan. Tilak Verma played a match winning innings in this match and gave the team a memorable victory.
Tilak Verma’s match winning innings
The Pakistani team had targeted 147 runs to win in front of India in this match. But during the run chase, the start of Team India was very bad. India lost 2 wickets for 10 runs. After this, Tilak Verma’s entry took place, but Team India also lost the third wicket by reaching 20 runs. However, Tilak Verma held one end and extended the team’s score with Sanju Samson. There was a sharing of 57 runs between the two players.
After this, Tilak along with Shivam Dubey brought the team closer to victory. Tilak Verma completed his half -century off 41 balls during this period. This was his first half -century in this tournament. He was not here and brought the team to victory. Tilak remained unbeaten after scoring 69 runs off 53 balls. During this, Tilak Verma hit 3 fours and 4 sixes. He scored this run at a strike rate of 130.18. This was also his biggest innings in this tournament. Earlier, he scored an unbeaten 49 against Sri Lanka.
Sanju Samson-Shivam Dubey also shone
Sanju Samson and Shivam Dubey also contributed significantly in this run chase. After the initial tremors, Sanju Samson played a crucial innings of 24 runs off 21 balls. Which included 2 fours and 1 six. At the same time, Shivam Dubey scored 33 runs off 22 balls at a strike rate of 150.00, which included 2 fours and 2 sixes.