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The Asia Cup Men’s Cricket tournament is just over now. Indian Men’s cricket team won the title by defeating Pakistan in the final by 5 wickets on 28th September, 2025 in Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai . It is their consecutive title and they achieved the title for 9 times which is more than any other team. This 17th edition of the tournament was played in T20 format and hosted in the United Arab Emirates. The tournament was organised by the Asian Cricket Council . A total of 8 nations participated in the tournament. Indian captain Surya Kumar Yadav won the toss in the final and elected to field first. Pakistan scored 146 runs in 19.1 overs and were all out. Sahibzada Farhan scored 57 runs in 38 balls for them. For India, Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets in his 4 overs and conceded just 30 runs . India scored 150 runs for 5 wickets in 19.4 overs to win the match by 5 wickets. Tilak Varma scored 69 runs in 53 balls and he was not out to bring the victory for his country. He also became the Player of the match. Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson also played crucial roles with the bat  for India . Shivam Dube achieved the Gamechanger of the Match award in the final. For Pakistan, Faheem Ashraf took 3 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. Abhishek Sharma from India scored the most runs ( 314 runs in 7 innings )  and Kuldeep Yadav from India took the most number of wickets ( 17 wickets in 7 innings  ) in the tournament. Abhishek Sharma also hit the most number of sixes in the tournament. He also became the Player of the tournament. Kuldeep Yadav became the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. The defending champion India was unbeaten to win the tournament this time. It was a sensational performance by the Indian Men’s cricket team throughout the tournament.

A . Read the passage and answer the questions below – 1×5  = 5

1 .  How many times has the Indian Men’s cricket team won the tournament ?

2. Who won the toss in the final ?

3. How many nations participated in the tournament?

4. Where was the tournament hosted this time ?

5. The tournament was played in which format of cricket ?


B. Fill in the blanks with suitable information from the passage – 1×4=4

1 . The tournament was organised by —————————————–.


2. The final match was played in —————-.

3. The defending champion was —————-.

4. The Player of the Match of the final ———————————–.



C. Write ‘F’ for false and ‘T’ for true sentences and give Supporting Statement for your answer –   2 × 3 = 6

1 . India won the Asia Cup title for the most number of times.

Supporting Statement –



2. The Asia Cup was organised 17 times before this season.

Supporting Statement –



3. India was not defeated by any team in the tournament.

Supporting Statement –




D. Answer the questions in short –

1 . Give details of the awards which were achieved by Indian cricketers in the tournament.       3





2. Give a suitable title to the passage and provide reason to choose the title.     2





  Writing Skills –

1 . Write a newspaper report based on the achievement of the Indian Men’s cricket team in the Asia Cup cricket tournament 2025.   10





2. Write a paragraph on the Asia Cup cricket tournament 2025.      10




3. Write a Precis based on the above passage .          10




4. Write a letter to your friend expressing your feelings about the achievement of the Indian Men’s cricket team in the Asia Cup 2025.        10