The much-anticipated India vs Pakistan clash in the Asia Cup 2025 is underway at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. At the toss, Pakistan captain Salman Agha called correctly and opted to bat first, while India’s stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav said he was equally happy to chase under the lights.
Toss update
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Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first.
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Salman Agha: “Going to bat first. We’ve been playing good cricket, very excited. Looks like a slow wicket. Just want to bat first and put runs on the board. Same side.”
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Suryakumar Yadav: “We were looking to bowl first, happy with it. We played just one strip away, was a nice wicket and better to bat on in the night. It’s humid so hoping for some dew. Same team.”
Playing XIs
India
Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy
Pakistan
Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (c), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed
Atmosphere in Dubai
As of 7:25 PM local time, there were still many empty seats in the stadium, but fans were slowly trickling in as the game approached toss time. The clash remains one of the most high-profile fixtures in world cricket despite political noise and boycott calls leading up to it.
