For the past three weeks in the 17th edition of the Asia Cup, political undercurrents and off-field controversies involving India and Pakistan had overshadowed the contest between bat and ball. The conclusion to the continental competition at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday (September 28, 2025), however, fittingly brought cricket back to the forefront as the two arch-rivals engaged in a pulsating battle with the title on the line.

It, of course, had to end in ecstasy for one team and agony for the other. As has been the case in recent years, India tasted glory in a tense chase of 147 while Salman Agha’s Pakistan was left to nurse the wounds of a five-wicket defeat. By the end of the night, Suryakumar Yadav and Co. wrapped their hands around the trophy for the ninth time

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