The day of 28 September will be remembered in Indian cricket history for decades. On the same day, Team India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the Asia Cup final, but Indian players had to return without trophy. Hardik Pandya could not play due to injury in this title collision. In such a situation, Gautam Gambhir made such a strategy, which made India only by making India the Asia Cup champion. Captain Suryakumar Yadav himself has revealed this.

Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav told during a conversation with Revspports that he trusts Gautam Gambhir’s strategies a lot. He told how Shivam Dubey’s entry was replaced by Hardik Pandya. Gautam Gambhir was confident that Dubey would prove to be important on an important occasion and in reality it happened.

Suryakumar trusts Gautam Gambhir by closing his eyes

Suryakumar Yadav said, “When I look at the dugout after every 2-3 overs, they always have something for me. Because the match looks very different from outside the field. Many things are going on in my mind, whom to bowl and how to make fielding. Whatever they sit outside, I think so much.

Gautam Gambhir’s strategy did wonders

Suryakumar also further told that unfortunately Hardik Pandya could not play the final match due to injury. He told that the team needed an additional batsman due to being out of Hardik, because Gill and Abhishek were doing very brilliant batting, but any time can be spoiled by anyone.

Suryakumar Yadav said, “Anytime the team can lose 4 wickets. Anything can happen in cricket. So we needed an additional batsman. He said that Shivam Dubey will take this responsibility. I asked him, ‘What do you believe’. He showed full confidence in Dubey and we flagged off his decision. “

Shivam Dubey really played a big innings on the important occasion, proved to be a big hero of India’s victory. Shivam Dubey came to batting when India lost 4 wickets on a score of 77. The team still had to score 70 runs to win. Dubey scored 33 runs in 22 balls in a pressure position and did a 60 -run match winning partnership with Tilak Verma.

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Today the final of the Asia Cup 2025 will be played between India and Pakistan, which will start at 8 pm Indian time. In this tournament, Team India has crushed Pakistan 2 times. Now there is a final time, there will be a big match pressure on the players, new history will also be written. But before this match, five big tension team must have been persecuting India.

1. Suryakumar Yadav’s Form

Captain Suryakumar Yadav has flopped in the entire Asia Cup 2025 tournament. So far, we have been able to score only 71 runs in 5 innings of Asia Cup, the average is 23.67. His highest score in the tournament has been 47 runs, which he made in a group stage match against Pakistan. His poor form can cause great harm to Team India in the final.

2. Hardik Pandya’s injury

This is a matter of a super-4 match against Sri Lanka, when Hardik Pandya went out of the ground after throwing the first over of the innings. After the match, Team India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel did not give any clear answer to his fitness. No formal statement has come on whether Hardik is fit or not. Hardik has been very effective in bowling in the initial overs in this tournament.

3. Excessive dependence on openers

Whether or not the Indian team will score a big score, it depends on the opening batsmen, Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill. Take the example of India-Sri Lanka match, Team India scored 86 runs in 8 overs. But after Abhishek Sharma’s dismissal, the run-rate started falling down. However, Tilak Verma and Akshar Patel’s innings had brought the team’s score beyond 200. But the middle order batsmen will have to ensure that they try to maintain the run rate being run by Gill and Abhishek.

4. Poor fielding

The Indian team has many best fielders in the world, but in the Asia Cup 2025, Team India has been dropping from Miss Fielding to Catch. It is shocking that despite being a world -class fielder, the Indian team has left more than 10 catches in this tournament.

5. There will be pressure of big match

The Indian team has trampled Pakistan in the 2025 Asia Cup 2 times so far. Nevertheless, there is a different type of pressure on the players in the India-Pakistan match, while it will not be a group match but a final match. Recently, Sri Lanka had exposed the Indian bowling pole. However, he won the match in the super over. The Indian team has to take care that they do not collapse under the pressure of big match.

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Today, India and Pakistan will be face to face in the Dubai International cricket team for the Asia Cup 2025 title. No matter what the team’s record was in the tournament, today’s victory is important. But there is suspense on the playing of Hardik Pandya in the final. He can also be out of the finals due to injury, but then the question comes that if Pandya is not there, then who will place Suryakumar Yadav in his playing 11 and why?

What happened to Hardik Pandya?

The Indian team had qualified for the finals by defeating Pakistan and Bangladesh in the first two matches of Super-4, the team’s final match was with Sri Lanka on Friday. In this match, Hardik Pandya left the ground and went out. India scored 202 runs while batting first. Pandya came to put the first over, but did not feel good and left the ground and went out. After this he did not return to the field again, as a result, Sri Lanka took this match to the super over.

How was Hardik Pandya’s performance in Asia Cup 2025?

In the ICC rankings, the world’s number-1 T20 all-rounder Hardik Pandya impressed the bowling in the Asia Cup. He did not play very big innings with the bat, but has played an important role in bowling. Pandya has scored 58 runs in 4 innings played in 6 matches played in the tournament. He has taken 4 wickets, but has been economical.

Who will replace Hardik Pandya?

If all -rounder Hardik Pandya does not play today, then fast bowler Arshdeep Singh can be included in the playing 11. There is also an alternative Rinku Singh, but it is very likely that Arshdeep will be given attention before Rinku as he has also played 2 matches in the tournament. In the last match, he had put a super-4 overs against Sri Lanka, in which only 2 runs were given.

India’s possible playing 11

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wicket -keeper), Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh.

Dubai

Another Opportunity to do something special #Teamindia is ready to conquer the final frontier #Asiacup2025 , #Final pic.twitter.com/vc7jplzcq0

– BCCI (@Bcci) September 28, 2025

When and where will the final of Asia Cup 2025 be played?

Today (28, September) The final match will be played between India and Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. According to India, the match will be played from 8 pm, the toss will be 7:30 pm.

Where to see India vs Pakistan match live?

The live broadcast of the match will be on the channels of Sony Sports Network. Live streaming will be on Sony Live and Fankode app and website.

For the first time, India and Pakistan are going to fight in the final of the Asia Cup. The match will also be special and historic, which will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 28 September. Before that, worrying news has come out for Team India. Team India bowling coach Morne Morkel has updated on the injury of Abhishek Sharma and Hardik Pandya, but he did not say anything on Tilak Verma’s injury.

After the end of India vs Sri Lanka match, coach Morne Morkel said, “Abhishek Sharma and Hardik Pandya had come to the cramp during the match. Hardik’s fitness will be assessed tonight and will decide on them in the morning. Both of them had only the problem of cramps during the match. Abhishek is fine.”

It is a matter of concern that Morne has not given any updates on Morkel. Tilak Verma, who was injured in the process of stopping six. The incident is of the 18th over of the Sri Lankan innings, on whose third ball Dasun Shanaka hit a six. After this six, Tilak went out of the ground holding the left leg. It is being told that he has suffered a leg injury. Tilak is the second highest run (148) batsman for India in this tournament. His injury may be very heavy for Team India in the final.

Talking about Hardik Pandya, he did the first over in bowling like every time, in which he also took the wicket of Kusal Mendis. But after this over, he left the field and did not come to fielding or bowling throughout the match. At the same time, Abhishek Sharma also went out of the field in the 10th over due to the cramp. Both Hardik and Abhishek can be called the big takar of Team India. One is the world’s number-1 T20 batsman and the other is the number-1 all-rounder. It will be very important for both of them to play in the final.

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