The final of the Asia Cup 2025 is to be played on 28 September (Sunday) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai between India and Pakistan. The match will start at 8 pm Indian time. The Indian team’s eyes are on winning the Asia Cup for the 9th time. Pakistan’s team is in form, in such a situation, India should not be difficult to win the title.
In the multi -nation events, a press conference is usually held by both teams a day before the title match. Also, the captains of both teams also have a photoshoot with the trophy. Although at present, India-Pakistan relations have been like the relationship, there was no photoshoot with the trophy. Anyway, the Indian team has adopted a special strategy for the final.
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A day before the title match, on September 27, the Indian team has not practiced the match. The biggest players behind it are fatigue and there has been a contest against Sri Lanka, who went to the super over. The team management has taken this decision to keep the players refreshed before the finals. Also, a pre-match press conference will not be organized by the Indian team.
Indian players will be prepared mentally
Indian players are focusing on comfort and strategy in the hotel. The purpose of this step is to keep the players mentally ready and fresh, so that their focus and performance in the finals are at high levels. Anyway, it was very important for Indian players to rest after super-four matches against Sri Lanka.
On the other hand, the press conference of the Pakistani team is to be held at 7.30 pm Indian time. The Pakistani team played their last match against Bangladesh on 25 September. In such a situation, the players have got a lot of rest. Pakistani players are focusing on net practice. At the same time, they are trying to take lessons from the mistakes made in the last matches.
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Indian team’s full squad: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-Qetan), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Akshar Patel, Jaspreet Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh and Harshit Rana.
Pakistan’s full squad: Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Ali Aga (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Junior, Sam Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Sufiyi Mukim.
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