KARACHI: Pakistan Shaheens beat Bangladesh A in the final of the Men’s Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 in Doha to bag the title for a record third time, beating their opponents in a thriller that went down to a Super Over before the Green Shirts clinched victory.
The tournament kicked off from Nov. 14 with eight teams— five developmental squads or second-tier national teams from full-member countries and three associate sides.
Pakistan, batting first, were not able to perform impressively as they were dismissed for 125 runs. However, the decision of the match was reached in the Super Over after Bangladesh finished at 125-9 from their 20 overs, unable to chase down Pakistan’s target in the allotted 20 overs.
The Shaheens required seven runs to win the Super Over, which they completed off the first four balls as Saad Masood hit the third one for four toward deep backward square leg off Ripon Mondol apart from two singles and one leg-bye.
Bangladesh were only able to make six runs in their Super Over before they lost both wickets.
