Asia Cup 2025 Best Team of the Tournament – The Asia Cup 2025 is over, and Team India has clinched their 9th title after beating the arch-rivals Pakistan in the final. This tournament was in the limelight not because of the games that happened on the field, but because of things that happened off the field. A lot of controversies happened throughout the tournament, involving India-Pakistan political tensions. In the end, the Indian team did not receive the trophy from the ACC’s (Asian Cricket Council) head Mohsin Naqvi’s hand. They celebrated without an Asia Cup 2025 trophy, but we are going deep into it. Today, we will see the Asia Cup 2025 best team, or you can say the best XI of the Asia Cup 2025. It includes the players from all the participating teams in the tournament.
NOTE: We will pick the players based on their performance in the tournament and their impact on their respective teams. So let’s begin.
Asia Cup 2025 Best Team/ Asia Cup 2025 Best XI
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Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek Sharma is a no-brainer in the Asia Cup 2025 best team. He has been the best batter in the tournament, going after the bowlers right from ball one. His intent was clear, and he utilized the power play to a good effect. The aggressive left-hander gave some flying start to the Indian team and put the pressure on the opposition at the start of the inning. Overall, he has played 7 games in the tournament and scored 314 runs at an average of 44.86 and with an astonishing strike rate of 200.
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Pathum Nissanka
Pathum Nissanka will be the opening partner to Abhishek. He is a classy player who has all the shots in his arsenal to be a successful T20 batter. Nissanka is the only batter to score a century in this tournament, and that too against the champions of the tournament. He has almost pulled off a win for Sri Lanka against India. Unfortunately, his team did not make it to the final. He played 6 games in the Asia Cup 2025 and scored 261 runs at an average of 43.50 and a strike rate of 160.12.
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Fakhar Zaman
Fakhar Zaman had a decent outing in the Asia Cup 2025. He is the 5th highest run-scorer in the tournament with 181 runs in 7 games, with an average of 30.17 and a strike rate of 120.67. We are picking him for the No. 3 spot, although he played a few games as an opener as well in the tournament. He can play anywhere in the top order, and we have seen him perform well in the big games. In the final as well, Pakistan were in a position to score a big total, and Fakhar was one of the contributors, scoring 46 runs.
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Tilak Varma
Tilak Varma has shown a lot of composure and temperament in a tense run chase in the final against Pakistan. He has won the final for India by scoring 69 runs, when the team lost 3 wickets early. He stitched partnerships with Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube to get the team over the line in a run chase of 147. Tilak played 7 games in the tournament and scored 213 runs in 6 innings, with an average of 71 and a strike rate of 131.48.
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Sanju Samson (c) and (wk)
Sanju Samson will play at No. 5 in our Asia Cup 2025 best team of the tournament. He has played a key role for India with the bat and behind the stumps while keeping. He will keep wickets in this team and will be the captain as well. All eight teams that have participated in the tournament, their captains have not been able to perform outstandingly well to make the cut in this list. Sanju has led the Rajasthan Royals (RR) side in IPL (Indian Premier League) and played the final in 2022, which is why we made him the captain of this team.
Sanju Samson got fewer opportunities with the bat in the tournament, but has done well in whatever opportunities he got. He has played a crucial knock of 24 runs off 21 balls to build a partnership with Tilak when India were in trouble. The wicketkeeper batter also played a quick-fire cameo of 39 against Sri Lanka in the last Super 4 game. Overall, he scored 132 runs in 4 innings in the tournament.
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Towhid Hridoy
Towhid Hridoy is a young, talented batter from Bangladesh who has a reputation as a big hitter. He has done well for Bangladesh ever since he came into the team. Hridoy has the ability to hit big sixes and can be a major boost in the middle order. In the Asia Cup 2025, he scored 139 runs in 6 innings at an average of 27.80 and a strike rate of 113.93.
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Faheem Ashraf
Faheem Ashraf gives a balance to the side with his all-round skills. He has been picked for his good bowling in the tournament. Ashraf has bowled well in the tournament and can contribute with the bat in the lower middle order. He did not contribute much with the bat in this particular tournament, but he has the batting ability. He has played a crucial cameo of 14 runs off 9 balls against Bangladesh, which was a virtual knockout. Pakistan managed to score 135 in the end and then restricted Bangladesh to just 124.
If Pakistan lost that game against Bangladesh, they would be out of the tournament. He also played a cameo of 20 runs off 8 balls against India in the Super 4 game. In the final, Faheem bowled well with the new ball, and then the penultimate over to give only 7 runs, and took a wicket of a well-set Shivam Dube.
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Wanindu Hasaranga
Wanindu Hasaranga is also someone who can contribute both with the bat and the ball. He did not have much impact with the bat in the Asia Cup 2025, but he has bowled well, as the numbers suggest. He played 6 games and took 8 wickets with an average of 19.50. Hasaranga can control the game in the middle overs, on those sluggish wickets in the UAE (United Arab Emirates).
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Shaheen Shah Afridi
Shaheen Afridi is one of the standout performers in the tournament. He has done well with both the bat and ball to give Pakistan chances to win the game quite a few times. With the bat, he played crucial cameos of 33 (16 balls), 29 (14 balls), and 19 (13 balls) against India, UAE, and Bangladesh. With the ball, he took 10 wickets in 7 games with an average of 16.40. In the final, he made the early inroads with the new ball against India.
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Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep Yadav is the most valuable player in the tournament. And why not? He is probably the biggest reason for India’s great show with the ball in the tournament. Kuldeep has controlled the game in the middle overs for India, picking wickets at regular intervals. He is the highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 17 wickets in 7 games, at an average of 9.29.
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Junaid Siddique
A talented 32-year-old fast bowler from the UAE, Junaid Siddique, has been the standout performer for the team. He finished as the third-highest wicket-taker in the tournament, despite playing just 3 games. The right-arm medium pacer took 9 wickets in the tournament, with an average of 6.33. He will share the new ball with Shaheen in our Asia Cup 2025 best team of the tournament.
So this is our Asia Cup 2025 best team of the tournament. We have picked a few batters like Fakhar Zaman and Towhid Hridoy out of their batting position. They have batted at different positions in this tournament, but most of the runs came from the top 4 batters in all eight teams. The team has a few all-rounders like Hasaranga, Shaheen, and Faheem who can give balance to the team. It has an out-and-out four-wicket-taker and a long batting till No. 8 (Shaheen). How much will you rate this team out of 10? Comment down below. And what do you think? Which player is missing in this team? Comment your opinion below. Thank you for reading. Keep following sportschilly.com for the latest updates.
FAQs:-
(1) Who is the highest run-scorer in the Asia Cup 2025?
A. Abhishek Sharma, with 314 runs, is the highest run-scorer in the tournament.
(2) Who is the highest wicket-taker in the Asia Cup 2025?
A. Kuldeep Yadav is the highest wicket-taker in the tournament, with 17 wickets.
(3) How many Asia Cup titles does India have now?
A. India has now won 9 Asia Cup titles.
(4) When was the last time Pakistan won the Asia Cup?
A. Pakistan won the Asia Cup last time in 2012.
(5) Who becomes the Player of the Tournament in the Asia Cup 2025?
A. Abhishek Sharma is the Player of the Tournament in the Asia Cup 2025.
