All -rounder Hardik Pandya is not playing in the final of Asia Cup 2025 against Pakistan. Captain Suryakumar Yadav told after the toss that what is the reason behind it. Please tell that Surya had gone out in the first over in the last match of Super-4, after which he did not return to the field. Rinku Singh has got a chance in the final, who did not play in any match of the tournament.
Suryakumar Yadav decided to bowl first by winning the toss in the final match of Asia Cup 2025. He said on the toss, “We would like to bowl first. This is a good wicket. The wicket gets better in light. We are batting well first, but today we would like to chase the goal. Today the groundsman has done a good job with wickets here and will remain the same. The kind of cricket we are playing for the last 5-6 matches, it is very good and we would like to continue it.
Why Hardik Pandya is not playing in the Asia Cup final?
About Hardik Pandya, Surya said, “Unfortunately, he is out due to hearty injury, Arshdeep and Harshit are not playing. Jasprit Bumrah, Shivam Dubey and Rinku have been included in the team.”
In the ICC rankings, world’s number-1 T20 all-rounder Hardik Pandya played all 6 matches before the Asia Cup 2025 final, in which he got a chance to bat in 4. He scored just 58 runs in 4 innings, but impressed with bowling. He remained quite economical, he has 4 wickets in his name tournament.
India’s playing 11
Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty.
Pakistan’s playing 11
Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Aga (captain), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.