{"id":9198,"date":"2025-09-24T10:24:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=640597"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:54:43","slug":"can-pakistan-still-make-it-to-asia-cup-final-and-setup-india-clash-scenarios-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/can-pakistan-still-make-it-to-asia-cup-final-and-setup-india-clash-scenarios-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Pakistan still make it to Asia Cup final, and setup India clash? Scenarios explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"166\" data-end=\"553\">Pakistan have kept their hopes alive in the <strong data-start=\"210\" data-end=\"238\">Asia Cup 2025 Super Four<\/strong> stage after a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka. With one victory and one defeat so far, Salman Ali Agha\u2019s side sit second on the points table with an <strong data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"404\">NRR of +0.226<\/strong>, still in contention for the final berth. The big question now is: can Pakistan set up a blockbuster third clash against India in this tournament?<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"587\">Current Super 4s standings<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"588\" data-end=\"780\">\n<li data-start=\"588\" data-end=\"629\">\n<p data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"629\"><strong data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"599\">India<\/strong>: 1 match, 1 win, NRR +0.689<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"684\">\n<p data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"684\"><strong data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"644\">Pakistan<\/strong>: 2 matches, 1 win, 1 loss, NRR +0.226<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"731\">\n<p data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"731\"><strong data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"701\">Bangladesh<\/strong>: 1 match, 1 win, NRR +0.121<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"780\">\n<p data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"780\"><strong data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"747\">Sri Lanka<\/strong>: 2 matches, 0 wins, NRR \u20130.590<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"820\">Pakistan\u2019s qualification pathway<\/h3>\n<ol data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"1264\">\n<li data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"951\">\n<p data-start=\"824\" data-end=\"951\"><strong data-start=\"824\" data-end=\"843\">Beat Bangladesh<\/strong> \u2013 Pakistan must defeat Bangladesh in their next game to stay in the hunt. A loss will confirm their exit.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"1128\">\n<p data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"1128\"><strong data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"985\">India must beat Bangladesh<\/strong> \u2013 If India defeat Bangladesh, they will seal their spot in the final. That result would also leave Pakistan in a straight shootout scenario.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1264\">\n<p data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1264\"><strong data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1156\">Better NRR if needed<\/strong> \u2013 If both Pakistan and Bangladesh end up with equal points, Net Run Rate will decide the second finalist.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 data-start=\"1266\" data-end=\"1308\">The possible India vs Pakistan final<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1309\" data-end=\"1585\">If Pakistan beat Bangladesh and India also prevail over the Tigers, the arch-rivals will face off again on <strong data-start=\"1416\" data-end=\"1445\">September 28 in the final<\/strong>. However, if Bangladesh upset India, the qualification will swing on NRR, making both Bangladesh clashes pivotal for Pakistan\u2019s fortunes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1587\" data-end=\"1756\">In short, Pakistan\u2019s road to the final is still open but heavily dependent on India\u2019s result against Bangladesh, and their own ability to deliver in a do-or-die clash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan have kept their hopes alive in the Asia Cup 2025 Super Four stage after a five-wicket win over Sri\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":31900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}