Dubai: India’s spinners engineered a spectacular collapse to bowl out Pakistan for 146 in the Asia Cup final at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday evening.

Asked to bat first after Suryakumar Yadav won the toss, Pakistan openers Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman got off to a flier and reached 77 for no loss in 9 overs. ADVERTISEMENT

Kuldeep Yadav pocketed 4 wickets — including 3 in his final over — conceding 30 runs, Axar Patel bagged 2/26 and Varun Chakravarty 2/30, before Jasprit Bumrah (2/25) cleaned up the tail.

Sahibzada (57 off 38 balls) notched up a classy half-century before holing out to Tilak Varma off Varun.

The second-wicket pair of Fakhar Zaman (46 off 35) and Saim Ayub added 29 runs before Pakistan absolutely imploded.

From 113/1, Pakistan lost 9 wickets for the addi

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