In pursuit of the 172-run target in the Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 round, Indian opener Abhishek Sharma hit a massive six on the bowling of Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Afridi before he apparently had a few
choice words for him, which can easily be interpreted as a fight between the two. It was a short ball from Shaheen Afridi, directed towards the head of Abhishek Sharma, on which he reacted very quickly and pulled it over the deep fine leg region for a maximum at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Abhishek Sharma is known to take the attack to the opposition bowling from the very first ball of his innings, but to do it in back-to-back matches against Pakistan’s spearhead Shaheen Afridi is a sight to behold. If the left-handed batter stays at the crease for any length of time, then Pakistan’s 171/5 total could look a lot smaller for India than it actually is.
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Below are the playing XIs of India and Pakistan for Asia Cup 2025 clash:
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (c.), Mohammad Haris (wk), Hussain Talat, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy
