Overview

• India won by five wickets with two balls to spare in Dubai, clinching a record-extending ninth Asia Cup crown.
• Tilak Varma anchored the chase with an unbeaten 69 off 53 balls, adding key stands with Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube before Rinku Singh hit the winning boundary.
• Pakistan collapsed from 113-1 to 146 all out in 19.1 overs, undone by Kuldeep Yadav’s 4-30 as India’s spinners seized control.
• The post-match ceremony ended without a handover after a long delay, with presenter Simon Doull relaying the ACC’s notice that India would not collect its awards; separate reports said the stance related to ACC/PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi, a claim not independently confirmed.
• India finished the tournament unbeaten with three wins over Pakistan; Abhishek Sharma was named player of the tournament (314 runs) and Kuldeep Yadav topped the bowling charts with 17 wickets in the event’s first India–Pakistan final.