Former cricketer applauded Team India batter Tilak Varma’s match-winning knock in the Asia Cup 2025 final against Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday. The star batter remained unbeaten on 69 off 53 balls as India chased the 147-run target with five wickets in hand.

Speaking to ESPNcricinfo after the Asia Cup 2025 final, he said: “Tilak Varma, who has already scored two T20I hundreds, has actually played the best T20I knock of his career on this night. Lots of things, actually. Understanding the need of the hour, because 20/3, there was a real threat of things going pear-shaped. To maintain that tempo, knowing where to go, who to go against, because it wasn’t your typical T20 surface where the ball was coming onto the bat nicely.”

“The need to build a partnership, he was there, and then, whenever he decided to go hard, just connected it beautifully, picked the right balls, didn’t really manufacture a lot of shots, and just a sheer display of skill. I think that was a notch above the rest. Obviously got lucky with that missed run out chance, which Pakistan are going to rue I don’t know for how long because they almost had India’s number. If they had gotten him run out, this would have been a different story. That was really bad keeping,” he again shared.

However, Sanju Samson also played a key knock in the Asia Cup 2025 final. He finished with 24 runs from 21 deliveries and formed a crucial 57-run partnership in 50 balls for the fourth wicket with Tilak Varma as well.

Praising Samson’s performance, Varun Aaron said: “That was a massive innings. Yes, it wasn’t the strike rate which he generally plays with, but it was a 57-run partnership. In the context of the game, in the context of the wicket, that was a very, very important partnership. That gave Tilak the time and the base to explode at the end.”