Dubai, Sept. 29: After an early top-order collapse had India looking seemingly down, it was Tilak Varma’s scintillating 69*, coupled with some cameos from Shivam Dube and Sanju Samson, which helped the Men in Blue cross the finish line!

With their win today, India secure their ninth Asia Cup trophy.

Kuldeep Yadav was the star of the show with the ball for India, with excellent figures of 4/30 in four overs, while Varun Chakaravarthy (2/30), Axar Patel (2/26), and Jasprit Bumrah (2/25) were also among the wickets after India opted to bowl first.

After being asked to bat first when Suryakumar Yadav won the toss, Pakistan got off to a good start, thanks to the opening duo of Sahibzada Farhan (57 off 38 balls) and Fakhar Zaman (46 off 35 balls), who stitched together 84 runs in under 10 overs to lay the foundation for a big total.

However, the Indian spin trio of Varun, Kuldeep, and Axar engineered a huge collapse and Pakistan lost 33 runs for nine wickets, failing to reach even 150.-Agencies