War without firing … Unstoppable India prepared to lift the Asia Cup Trophy for the 9th time, Pakistani players begins to flourish

In the words of American political activist and writer Mike Markusi, it is like a ‘war without firing’. There has been no shortage of thrill in the India-Pakistan match over the years, but rarely it happened in such an upheaval background when the stress, provocative gestures and fines on both sides seem to be connected to it. Nevertheless, cricket beyond the noise has been attractive in itself and during this time the headlines of Abhishek Sharma’s brilliant strike rate and Kuldeep Yadav’s 13 wickets got the news. It is a matter of regret that these achievements also often get conflict and debate.

Started with the policy of ‘not joining hands’
It started with India’s policy of ‘Hand Ansor’ in India’s first match when captain Suryakumar Yadav left without joining hands and after the match. Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf responded by pointing to taunts, abusive and even plane crash, causing a ruckus that both were under the scanner of the ICC and they were fined 30 percent. Pakistan’s Home Minister Mohsin Naqvi has been continuously putting mysterious but inflammatory posts on his ‘X’ timeline while working to put ghee in the fire. Naqvi is also the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board and the Asian Cricket Council.

India is invincible in Asia Cup 2025
However, on paper, India is still invincible in the tournament and only Sri Lanka has pushed it to the super over during the six consecutive wins. In contrast, Pakistan has reached the finals, but as his head coach Mike Hessen, after defeating Bangladesh, said in a satirical tone, “The final is the only match that matters.” Even India’s associate staff expressed the same feeling. Bowling coach Morne Morkel, who came for the press conference before the match, admitted that beauty no longer matters, ‘The ugly victory also wins.’ India’s undefeated campaign has been easy but not free from injuries.

Hardik Pandya has a stretch in the leg muscles
Hardik Pandya against Sri Lanka had to be out of the ground only after an over due to a leg muscle injury, while Abhishek Sharma also complained of summer cramps. Morkel assured, ‘Hardik will be investigated tomorrow morning. Both of them and Abhishek have been cramps but Abhishek is fine. This news is going to give relief because this left -handed batsman of Punjab has lifted India’s batting alone by scoring 309 runs in six matches. This difference is clearly visible because Tilak Verma is second with 144 runs.

Suryakumar is expected to have a big innings
The real question is whether the rest of India’s players will be able to play Abhishek well. Suryakumar is expected to have a big innings. Shubman Gill is unable to end the match, while players like Sanju Samson and Tilak have been able to perform well in a formalist match against Sri Lanka. Till now Abhishek performed well in the powerplay but what would happen if he fails? Apart from Abhishek during the entire tournament, other batsmen have not been able to do reliable performance at all and no one knows about ‘Plan B’ when the top order stumbles. If India is very dependent on Abhishek, then the weaknesses of Pakistan are even more clear. The team’s batting order has not been very effective.

Saim Ayub has been dismissed on zero 4 times
Apart from Sahibzada Farhan, who has troubled Jaspreet Bumrah for some time, other batsmen have not been able to perform strongly. Saim Ayub’s campaign has been very disappointing. He was dismissed for zero four times and at one time in the tournament, he had more wickets than runs in his name. Hussain Talat and Salman Ali Aga stumbled in front of Indian spinners. Sunday’s match may once again be decided by the cleverness of Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty.