India beat Pakistan by five wickets to clinch the Asia Cup T20 tournament at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Chasing a victory target of 147, India, after initial hiccups, were aided by Tilak Varma (69 not out) and Shivam Dube (33) as they won with two balls to spare

Earlier, despite hamstrung by Hardik Pandya's absence and pushed back briefly due to a solid opening stand of 84 between Sahibzada Farhan (57 off 38 balls) and Fakhar Zaman (46 off 35 balls), the Indian spin troika of Kuldeep (4/30 in 4 overs), Axar Patel (2/26 in 4 overs) and Chakravarthy (2/30 in 4 overs) literally choked Pakistan back in the back-10 to bring India right back in the match.

From 113 for one at one stage when Fakhar and Saim Ayub were batting, wickets fell like nine pins once Kuldeep got rid of the

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