India shines in Asia Cup

The Indian team, who are the world champions in the Twenty20 format, have won the Asian continent's cricket title! India won the Asia Cup by defeating Pakistan by five wickets in the final held in Dubai on Sunday night. This was India's third victory over Pakistan in this tournament. This is the ninth time India has won the Asia Cup. India was the winner in the last tournament as well. India is also the team that has won the Asia Cup the most times. The fact that they became champions without losing a single match is a testament to the strength of Suryakumar Yadav and his team.

India, which won against the UAE, Pakistan and Oman in the group round, defeated Pakistan again in the Super Four. They also defeated Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to reach the final with Pakistan. This was the first time that India and Pakistan met in the Asia Cup final. Unlike the first two matches, Pakistan played a slightly better game, making the final exciting. However, that game was not enough for Pakistan to overcome India's deep batting line-up and a crafty bowling line-up. Pakistan got off to a good start in both batting and bowling. After losing the toss, the Pakistani batsmen added 84 runs in 9.4 overs in the opening over!

However, Pakistan were bowled out for 146 in 19.1 overs after the wicket hunt of the Indian spinners. Kuldeep Yadav, who took four wickets, and Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah, who took two wickets each, kept Pakistan in check. India's reply started with a disaster. By the time they reached 20 runs in four overs, Abhishek Sharma (5), Suryakumar (1) and Shubman Gill (12) had gone to the tent. It was Tilak Verma (69 not out off 53 balls), Sanju Samson (24) and Shivam Dube (33) who brought them to victory from this situation. Tilak and Sanju patiently added 57 runs together. Dube's innings, which came after Sanju's return, decided the course of the match.

Shivam Dube, who performed brilliantly in the final, Tilak Verma, who came forward to add runs in the final, Sanju Samson, who delivered innings that declared that he was ready to play for the team in any position, Kuldeep Yadav, who bowled well throughout the tournament, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, who impressed with their all-round performance and Suryakumar Yadav, who led the team with determination, they all deserve compliments for this victory. The most interesting thing is the luck of Rinku Singh, who was benched in all the matches up to the final and converted the first ball he faced into a winning run in the only match he got a chance to play. Although the Indian team management announced that they would accept the trophy from anyone except the chairman of the Asian Cricket Council, who is also a Pakistani minister who has made harsh statements against India, the ACC did not give in to this, spoiling the atmosphere of the closing ceremony. Mixing politics into the playing field is not a desirable trend.