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Team India successfully defended the Asia Cup crown with a 5-wicket triumph over Pakistan at the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, in a dramatic finish to a whirlwind tournament.

India, who were struggling at 20/3 in their chase of 147 runs,  managed to turn things around and close out the game with just two deliveries left to spare. BCCI shared a video of the nervy final moments of the blockbuster game and the subsequent outpouring of emotion following the triumph which encompassed players, staff, fans and the general public alike.

India won the toss and opted to bowl first. Pakistan had a strong start with Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman adding 84 runs for the first wicket. Varun Chakravarthy dismissed Farhan after he scored 57 runs off 38 deliveries, achieving his half-century.

Saim Ayub contributed 14 runs before falling to Kuldeep Yadav. Mohammad Haris was dismissed for a duck by Axar Patel. Chakravarthy then removed Zaman for 46 runs, and Patel dismissed Hussain Talat for a single run.

Salman Ali Agha was dismissed by Kuldeep for 8 runs, who then took the wicket of Shaheen Afridi for a duck. Yadav completed his four-fer by removing Faheem Ashraf for a duck. Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Haris Rauf for 6 runs and closed out the Pakistan innings by taking the wicket of Mohammad Nawaz, who also scored 6 runs.

India did not have a great start as Abhishek Sharma fell to Ashraf for just 5 runs, and skipper Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed by Afridi for 1 run. Ashraf struck again to remove Shubman Gill for 12 runs, while Abrar Ahmed dismissed Sanju Samson for 24 runs.

Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube stabilised the chase with a 60-run partnership before Dube was dismissed for 33 runs by Ashraf. Rinku Singh joined Varma, and together they remained unbeaten on 4 and 69 runs respectively, closing out the chase with two balls to spare.

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