India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 Live: Abhishek Drops Sahibzada Farhan Early, Pakistan Off to Steady Start

The momentous super clash in the Asia Cup 2025 during the Super 4s nearly began with some drama, with Abhishek Sharma dropping Sahibzada Farhan in the very first over. India, who won the toss, chose to field, making two changes to their XI — Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakravarthy were back in place of Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh.

🔴 Live Score Update (After 1.3 overs)

Pakistan 12/0

• Fakhar Zaman: 6* (3) [1x4]
• Sahibzada Farhan: 6 (6)
• Bumrah: 0.3-0-6-0
• Current Run Rate: 8.00

Match Summary So Far

• Drop: Sahibzada Farhan survived a huge scare in the very first over when Abhishek Sharma spilled a straightforward catch at deep third off Hardik Pandya.
• Attack: At once, Fakhar Zaman made his attacking mindset clear by hitting the ball to the boundary against Bumrah and running quick ones.
• Injury Situation: Farhan was seen struggling with a heavily taped right hand, raising genuine questions about whether he would be able to go through an entire innings comfortably batting with one hand.

India’s Game Plan

Entered the Super 4s unbeaten, India with a batting line-up that has fired time and again and a bowling unit — consisting of three spinners and Bumrah's pace — that has been very tough to handle. The challenge to that largely spin-centric plan is Axar Patel's fitness, which is under close watch after the injury he suffered against Oman.

Pakistan's Challenge

Pakistan need a spirited batting display to carry the fight further following the kind of surrender they faced from India in the group stages. The batting order has looked fragile, and a lot depends upon openers Farhan and Zaman to lay a decent foundation.

Toss and Pitch Report

Toss: India won the toss and elected to bowl.

Pitch: The Dubai surface is expected to turn for the spinners once again. Kuldeep Yadav has bagged 7 wickets in two matches here.

Squads

India XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav.

Pakistan XI: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (C), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed, Hussain Talat, Hasan Ali, Khushdil Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Salman Mirza.