FOUR! Smacked away! Haris Rauf lands on a good length, outside off. Shivam Dube stands tall and just powers it through extra cover for a cracking boundary.

Pace off and into the wicket, on middle and leg, Dube nurdles it through square leg for a single.

FOUR! Crunched! Pitched up by Rauf, at pace, on off, Tilak transfers the weight on the front foot and drills it back past the bowler for a single.

On a good length, on off, Varma steps out to go through the off side. Miscues it down the deck and the ball goes on the bounce towards the bowler. Rauf leaps to his left and gets a hand to it but the ball is parried behind for one.

On a back of a length, on the pads, Shivam wrists it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! All the way! 17 runs off the over. Just what over India wanted. Slower one, on a back of a length, angled into the left-hander, on middle. Tilak picks it up and sends it over the leaping deep backward square leg fielder for a six.

SIX! BRUTAL HIT! Too full from Abrar, around off. Shivam Dube brings his long levers to play, clears the front leg and sails it over deep mid-wicket for a huge six.

WIDE! Slides it wide outside the tramline, on a length. Dube lets it be. Wide called.

IN THE AIR... FALLS SHORT! Also, a lack of game awareness from Dube, as that could have been easily a double. Full and spinning into the batter, Shivam Dube tries to sweep it away, but ends up getting a top edge. The ball flies over the keeper's head and lands in front of Haris Rauf, who charges to his left from short fine leg. The batters complete a single, and Haris throws it wayward towards the bowler's end. Tilak is keen to get the second but Dube has his back against his partner. This forces Tilak to retreat.

Full and outside off, worked down to long off for a single.

Short and spinning in from middle. Dube dabs it across to the leg side. 

Pulls the length back, on the leg stump. Dube tucks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

FIFTY FOR TILAK VARMA! A steely half century from him. Came into the furnace under extreme pressure, but has held up pretty well with calm in his nerves. On a fractionally fuller length, spinning into the batter, Tilak Varma gets down on his knee and sweeps it wide of short fine leg to his right for a single. Gets to the other end and gestures a salute towards the dugout where the Indian players are up on their feet, admiring his knock.

Full and speared on middle and leg. Tilak flicks it along the turf to deep mid-wicket for a single.

IN THE AIR... Lands safe! Dube's heart would have surely been in his mouth for a moment there. Fuller delivery, slower one, on middle. Shivam Dube tries to flick that away, but gets a thick, leading edge. The ball pops up in the air, but falls short of the charging cover fielder. They cross.

Full ball, on the leg stump, Tilak tries to whip that across the line, but misses to connect and wears on the pad.

Slower one, full and on middle and leg. Tilak Varma swings with all his might, but only manages to get an inside edge. The ball rolls past the leg stump and goes towards Abrar Ahmed at short fine leg. He dives to his left but makes a half-stop and parries the ball behind. Two taken.

Full, on off. Tilak carves it wide of mid off for a single.

A tailing full toss from Afridi, on top of off. Shivam Dube plays from the crease and heaves it between mid-wicket and square leg for a single. Brilliant over from Shaheen under tough circumstances. Goes for just 6 and finishes his spell with economical figures of 4-0-20-1.

Slower dipping full toss, outside off. Shivam Dube works it towards extra cover for a quick single.

WIDE! Slips it miles outside the tramline. Tilak shapes to play the sweep but leaves and a Wide is called. Varma asks for a No Ball. But the third umpire deems the ball has pitched outside the pitch after going past the stumps. So, it will just be a wide.

Full and with pace, outside off. Varma lofts it over cover-point for a single.

Too full, but wide outside off. Dube carves it powerfully, but only for a single to deep extra cover. So far, so good from Rauf. India need 26 from 15 balls.

Spots Tilak shuffling across off, Rauf spears a full toss outside off. Tilak Varma goes with his shot, bends his knee and sweeps it to the right of square leg for a couple of runs.

Excellent delivery! An attempted yorker, wide outside off. Tilak Varma covers the off pole, and digs it out to widish mid-wicket for only a single. Rauf has bowled according to his plans so far and will look to finish strongly.

SIX! BELTED! Dube gets all of it! Pretty loose from Rauf. Goes for a yorker but slips in a low full toss, just outside off. Shivam Dube swings with all his might, gets his bat under the ball and muscles it up and over deep mid-wicket for a mammoth six. A very valuable strike from Dube and that brings up the 50-run partnership between Shivam Dube and Tilak Varma off just 36 deliveries! Haris Rauf goes for 13 in this over and admonishes himself in frustration. He has been pretty expensive in this finale. His figures read 3-0-37-0.

Keeps it away from the arc, on a length, outside off. Tilak Varma shuffles across and gets down on his knee. Sweeps it using his wrists to the left of square leg. Fakhar Zaman dives in that direction and makes a half-stop. Just a single. 16 needed off 11 now!

Banged halfway, angling outside off. Shivam covers the stumps, stands tall and flat-bats it down to long on for a single. 

Three singles off the first three balls! Another one hurled outside off, on a length. Tilak waits back and heaves it off the inner half of the bat to long on for a single.

FOUR! THAT HAS BEEN POWERED MERCILESSLY! Ashraf tries to keep it outside off, and pulls the length back. Shivam Dube moves across the stumps, stands tall and pulls it between deep mid-wicket and long on for a cracking boundary! 

BIG SWING AND A MISS! Nips away from a fuller length, outside off. Shivam Dube swings with everything left in his tank, but gets no bat on ball!

OUT! STRAIGHT UP AND GONE! What a crucial delivery for Pakistan! Faheem Ashraf gets his third wicket and how brilliant has he been in the night of the final? At a gentle pace, outside off, on a fuller length. Shivam Dube does not account for the pace off and tries to sail it over long off, but gets no timing whatsoever. The ball goes skyward off the toe end, and descends towards long off. Shaheen Afridi positions himself and judges the ball's trajectory to perfection. Takes a fine catch under pressure in front of the ropes.

Two off the first ball! Fired in with all might, full and on off. Tilak Varma plants his back knee on the ground and tries to slog it across the line, but gets it off the toe end. The ball flies over the bowler's head and rolls down to the long on region for a couple of runs.

SIX! WHAT A BRILLIANT SHOT! TILAK HAS PULLED OFF AN EXTRAORDINARY STRIKE! Good length, angling across the off stump line. Tilak Varma fetches the ball and smokes it powerfully over deep mid-wicket, and into the stands for a cracking six! The Indian head coach, Gautam Gambhir, loves every bit of that, and the Indian dressing room is aloft with broad smiles as that should do it for the Men in Blue! 

SCORES ARE LEVEL NOW! Back of a length, around off. Tilak Varma waits back and punches it to the left of mid off and steals a quick single.

FOUR! RINKU SINGH FINISHES IT OFF IN STYLE! Hard-length delivery, around off. Rinku Singh keeps his calm, stays in the crease, swings with a flat bat, and smashes it over mid on for a boundary. Tilak Varma, the real architect of this chase, removes his helmet, lets out a huge roar, and hugs Rinku Singh. The party starts in the Indian dressing room. INDIA WIN THE ASIA CUP 2025! The crowd is up on its feet as India lift the trophy for the ninth time in their twelfth final appearance!