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India vs Pakistan Final Full Commentary
Result · Oct 03 2026, Sat - 10:00 AM (IST)
Final, - Korogi Sports Park
PAK 192/6 (20.0)
IND 211/6 (20.0)
India beat Pakistan by 19 runs
CRR:9.60
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We are back for the chase! The players are already out in the middle. Sahibzada Farhan and Maaz Sadaqat are the two openers for Pakistan. Jasprit Bumrah will start proceedings with the ball. Here we go...
... THE RUN CHASE ...
Pakistan left with a mountain to climb - Pakistan will be really disappointed with their bowling effort. They picked up a couple of wickets in the Powerplay but gave away too many runs, particularly with a barrage of short balls. They did pull things back after the field restrictions were lifted, conceding just 23 runs between overs 10 and 15 while taking a couple of wickets and drying up the boundaries until the 17th over. However, the floodgates opened thereafter as they struggled to execute at the death. Ahmed Daniyal and Arafat Minhas took two wickets each, with Saim Ayub and Abrar Ahmed claiming one apiece, but Pakistan's batters now have a mountain to climb. Join us in a bit for the second essay.
Powerful batting display - Choosing to bat first, India made a relatively quiet start before Abhishek Sharma quickly shifted the momentum, taking on anything and everything as he raced to a scintillating 20-ball half-century. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's stay was brief despite a few lusty blows, while Sanju Samson once again failed to get going, but Abhishek's onslaught ensured India still reached 81/2 in the Powerplay. He eventually fell for a blazing 61 off 28, after which the scoring rate dipped slightly, with Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer struggling a bit but holding it together in the middle. Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube also took their time to assess the conditions before accelerating superbly at the death, adding a quick-fire 62, with Tilak scoring a 21-ball fifty to finish the innings with a flourish and give India plenty of momentum.
India finish in style - A final on the Asian stage against arch-rivals Pakistan, a fantastic half-century from Tilak Varma - the script sounds familiar, doesn't it? History has repeated itself, albeit with a twist. In the 2025 Asia Cup, Tilak's match-defining contribution came while chasing, here, he has finished with a flourish to, dare we say, bat Pakistan out of the final. It was complete demolition in the last four overs, with the Men in Blue smashing 69 runs, and on a surface like this, they will feel they have their fingers firmly on the gold medal.
DROPPED! Seemed to be going over, but Sufyan Moqim did reach it, and he'll be disappointed to have put it down. Tilak Varma gets a single, and India finish with 211/6 on the board. Ahmed Daniyal hits a hard length and bowls it slightly wide of the off stump. Varma makes room to go over the off side, but slices it off the outside edge over short third, where Moqim puts in a late leap over his right shoulder and spills it, allowing the batters to cross.
Excellent running, and the throw isn't the best either. Tilak Varma gets to his FIFTY off just 21 balls. Slower and shorter, wide outside off. Varma leans back and across to the off side, angling the pull through square leg for two runs. This has been a momentum-shifting knock from Tilak.
SIX! That's a shot and a half from Varma. Good length on middle, Varma collapses the back knee a bit and swings it handsomely behind square leg for another biggie. That was more of a wallop from Varma, and a classy one as well.
SIX! Ah, a bit unlucky for the bowler. A sharp bumper, right around the front shoulder. Tilak Varma is rushed as he tries to pull and gets a top edge that flies down to fine leg, pretty fine as well and goes over the fence. 200 up for India.
Back of a length, angled into the batter. Axar Patel stays back and tucks it down through mid-wicket for a single.
Axar Patel walks out to bat.
OUT! CAUGHT! A bit of respite for Pakistan, but again, the damage has already been done. A well-directed bumper from Ahmed Daniyal, dug in right around the batter's face, and a bit slower too. Shivam Dube takes it on and swivels around to pull it down to deep mid-wicket. Maaz Sadaqat is just inside the ropes and judges the flight of the ball well, taking it to his left whilst staying away from the ropes. India are 195/6 with 5 balls remaining in the innings.
Ahmed Daniyal will bowl the final over.
A bit of cat and mouse between the batter and the bowler. Varma moves around in the crease and Ayub floats it well down leg. Varma ends up shovelling it wide of Sufyan Moqim at short fine leg for a couple of runs.
FOUR! That's gone through as well. Full and attacking the stumps, Varma goes for the reverse and hits it hard, along the turf and to the left of the diving fielder at backward point for a boundary. 21 off the over with a ball remaining.
Dragged down outside off, turning away from the left-hander. Dube reaches across and heaves it flat and down to long on for a single.
FOUR! Through the off side now, and things are going from bad to worse for Pakistan. Fired in, full and outside off. Dube shows quick hands as he jams his bat down and smacks it between cover and point for a boundary.
SIX! Wow, that's been clobbered by Dube. Ayub overcorrects and bowls it shorter, angling it into the batter. Dube lays into it and whacks it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. The 50-run stand is up between these two as well.
SIX! BANG! Tossed up outside off, Shivam Dube skips down the pitch and flat-bats it over long off to make it three sixes in a row for India. This is great acceleration at the death.
Saim Ayub will bowl the penultimate over.
SIX! In the slot and out of here. Floated up on middle, Tilak Varma takes the front leg out again and hits through the line of the ball, swinging it back over the bowler's head for another biggie. 18 off the over, and 190 is well in sight for India right now.
SIX! Smoked! A very full ball, drifted into the pads. Tilak Varma clears the front leg and thwacks it away in front of mid-wicket, sending the ball sailing over the ropes.
Lobbed up on off, enticing the batter to go after it. Dube extends the long levers but fails to get under the ball, hitting it down to long on for just a single.
A bit fuller and around off, punched away through the cover region for a single.
On a length around off, turning away from the left-hander. Varma tries to reverse sweep it over short third but misses.
FOUR! Straight back past the bowler! Tossed up, very full and outside off. Tilak Varma drills it down the ground and Sufyan Moqim fails to react in time, unable to get down to his left and the ball races away to the fence.
Sufyan Moqim is back on.
Flatter one, sliding it quickly across the batter. Dube tries to play a late cut but the ball keeps low and beats the bat.
FOUR! A bit more agricultural from Dube. Short and over leg, Dube uses his muscles to swing it away down to the square leg fence for another boundary.
WIDE! Oh, that's barely carried through. Slower and into the pitch, way outside off. Shivam Dube goes chasing after it but misses. 150 up for India now.
Double-whammy for India - Just like at Hangzhou in 2023, India have clean sweeped the cricket competitions at Aichi-Nagoya 2026, winning both the Men's and Women's gold medals at the 20th Asian Games. Sri Lanka and Pakistan go back and forth in terms of the silver and bronze medals, as Pakistan win silver in the Men's competition and bronze in the Women's competition, and it's vice versa for Sri Lanka. For now, that is all we have to bring you from the Asian Games cricket competition, and we hope that you enjoyed the coverage. Until next time, cheers and goodbye!
India pile on the runs - Earlier in the game, India opted to bat first and put runs on the board in the final. Despite losing early wickets, Abhishek Sharma went after the bowlers as India mustered up 81 runs in the first 6 overs. Sharma went on to score an eye-catching 61 off 28 balls. Then the Pakistan spinners took over and did well to pull things back. It seemed like India would get to about 180-190, but Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube had other plans. Varma was the major difference-maker with a quickfire half-century at the death, and India managed to get atleast 20 runs more then Pakistan would have wanted after that middle phase.
Sundar delivers the knockout punch - India had plenty of runs to play with, and their spinners bowled pretty well in the Powerplay, as the likes of Axar Patel and Washington Sundar got crucial breakthroughs. Sundar also took a brilliant catch later on to dismiss Saim Ayub, before coming back on to turn the tide in India's favour with a brilliant 18th over. He finished with 2 wickets and 2 catches to his name. Overall, Axar and Jasprit Bumrah were pretty solid too, but the likes of Abhishek Sharma and Ravi Bishnoi went for plenty of runs, allowing the opposition back into the contest. Shivam Dube did bowl the tough overs and got a bit of stick, but got two wickets and managed to seal the deal in the final over.
Herculian effort not enough - Spare a thought for Hasan Nawaz, though. A miracle knock from him in the second half of the chase, but it just wasn't enough. Nawaz got out on the final ball, on 96, but he did give India a run for their money. Barring Nawaz, there wasn't much to write home about for Pakistan with the bat. Maaz Sadaqat did get a few streaky boundaries away, and Saim Ayub also stayed with Nawaz in what was a crucial stand of 87 runs, but overall, the top order simply didn't do enough in the first six overs, and Pakistan have to settle for the Silver medal, which is still an improvement as they finished fourth last time around.
India retain the gold - End of a high-scoring encounter at Korogi Sports Park, but in the end, it is India who reign supreme and take home the Gold Medal in the Men's Cricket discipline at the 20th Asian Games. They make it back-to-back gold medals in this discipline and take India's gold-medal tally to 19 in this year's overall games. The Indian tricolour flag is out from the bench, and the Indian players are waving it around as a sign of homage to their country. The players then take a lap of honour around the park, lauding the fans who have come in huge numbers to support the team.
OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Shivam Dube wraps up the Gold medal with a wicket. INDIA WIN BY 19 RUNS! This is banged into the pitch, on middle, takes pace off. Hasan Nawaz steps across and tries to hook it again but goes through the shot early. It takes the gloves and goes behind, where Sanju Samson grabs it with his right hand and throws it up in celebration. Nawaz fails to get a hundred, but he fought really well for Pakistan.
Uppish but safe! Dug into the surface, on middle. Hasan Nawaz gets hurried on the pull shot and mistimes it in the air. It lands safely in the vacant mid-wicket region and Nawaz comes back for the second run. Can he at least get to a 100 on the last ball?
SIX! Clean strike! Pitched up, on middle, angling in a bit. Hasan Nawaz collapses his back knee and smokes it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie. He moves to 94, but his knock won't come in a winning cause.
Fuller and on off, Hasan Nawaz drills it down to long off but denies the single.
That should be that! Shivam Dube absolutely nails the yorker, on off. Hasan Nawaz is late to get his bat down and misses. India's game to lose now, barring anything extraordinary.
WIDE! Pressure, pressure! Fuller one but over the tramline, outside off. Hasan Nawaz leaves it alone. Wided.
FOUR! Pakistan still in with a shout! A slower bumper, just outside off. Hasan Nawaz gets inside the line of it and hooks it towards the fine leg fence for a boundary.
Pakistan need 33 off the final over, which means at least five out of the six balls (given there are no wides or no balls) have to travel over the fence. It will be Shivam Dube to bowl the final over.
Right in the blockhole, on middle, tailing in, Hasan Nawaz jams it out towards long on for one.
A precious dot! Dug into the surface, just around off, takes pace off again. Hasan Nawaz tries to pull it away but fails to connect.
Pace off, good length and on middle, Saad Masood goes through the slog across the line early and misses. Sanju Samson gets a bad bounce and fails to collect it cleanly. A bye taken.
SIX! Oh..wow! Jasprit Bumrah misses his yorker and serves a low full toss, on middle. Saad Masood backs away and hits it through the line. He gets enough bat as the ball sails over the bowler's head for a biggie.
Pitched up and on middle, Hasan Nawaz clips it away to deep mid-wicket for a single. He wants the second but will not get it this time.
Fuller delivery, on middle and off. Hasan Nawaz stays deep in the crease and jams it out towards deep point for a single. The fielder throws it to the keeper's end, where Sanju Samson loses his footing and parries it, allowing the second run.
Jasprit Bumrah is back on to bowl the penultimate over of the chase.
SIX! That just about keeps Pakistan in the game! Flighted, full and around middle. Saad Masood clears his front leg away and tonks it over the long on fence for a biggie.
Quicker one, short and on off, Saad Masood fails to flick it away.
Swing and a miss! Slows it up, full and around off, Saad Masood goes down for the sweep but misses.
Saad Masood walks out to bat next.
OUT! IN THE AIR...GONE! Washington Sundar gets a wicket at a crucial time. He bowls this flatter, gets it to go like a leg-cutter, with some extra bounce. Abdul Samad stands tall and tries to manufacture a shot down the ground. He fails to get on top of the bounce and mistimes it high in the air. It only goes as far as Tilak Varma at long on, who makes no mistake. Pakistan are 162/5, still needing 50 runs in 15 balls.
Flighted, full and on off, Hasan Nawaz goes down and across and slogs it to the right of deep square leg. Ishan Kishan runs to his right quickly to stop it. Just one.
Floated, full and on off, Abdul Samad goes down and swipes it off the inner half of the bat towards deep square leg for a single.
Pakistan need 52 off 18 balls. Suddenly, they will be thinking, what if they had done a bit more in the Powerplay? It is still a tough ask for the batting side, and it will be Washington Sundar to bowl the 18th over. Could India have brought on Jasprit Bumrah and tried to kill the game here? Only time will tell.
Pace off, back of a length and around off, Hasan Nawaz cuts it away past point. Ishan Kishan in the deep runs to his left to cut it out, keeping it to two runs. 16 runs off the over!
Much better! Fuller delivery, on off, Abdul Samad can't get under it and drills it to long on for a run.