Asia Cup 2025: Predicting Pakistan’s playing XI vs India, Final

India and Pakistan will clash in the final of the Asia Cup 2025. This summit clash will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on September 28, 2025.

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Pakistan qualified for the Asia Cup final after a close win over Bangladesh in the Super Fours game, which was a virtual semi-final. While the Pakistani batters failed once more, the bowlers came to the rescue, especially the pacers. Pakistan will want to add to their two Asia Cup wins, and they would take inspiration from the 2014 edition, when they knocked India out of contention with a spirited performance.

Here is the predicted Pakistan playing XI vs India for the Asia Cup 2025 final: 

Fakhar Zaman and Sahibzada Farhan will open the innings for Pakistan, with Saim Ayub coming in at No. 3. Zaman has made 135 runs in 6 games with a strike rate of 117.36 and a best score of 50. Sahibzada Farhan has done well in both games against India and overall has scored 160 runs with a strike rate of 107.38 and a best score of 58.

Saim Ayub hasn’t done well with the bat, scoring 4 ducks, but he has taken 8 wickets with an economy of 6.58 and best bowling figures of 3/35. Salman Agha has struggled with the bat, scoring 64 runs in 6 games with a strike rate of 78.04. Mohammad Haris has made 131 runs in 6 games with a strike rate of 136.45 and a best score of 66. Hussain Talat has scored 45 runs with a best of 32* at a strike rate of 93.75.

Mohammad Nawaz has scored 107 runs and taken two wickets in six games so far. Faheem Ashraf has scored 53 runs with a strike rate of 151.42 and has taken three wickets. Shaheen Afridi has been the MVP for Pakistan with 83 runs at a strike rate of 188.63 and 9 wickets with an economy of 6.91. Haris Rauf has been impactful with 9 wickets in 6 games, an economy of 7.84, and best bowling figures of 3/33. Abrar Ahmed has been a disappointment with 5 wickets in 6 games at an economy of 5.02.

Here is the predicted Pakistan playing XI:

Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (c), Mohammad Haris (wk), Hussain Talat, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.

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