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Tilak Varma Leads India to Record T20I Total Against Pakistan
India batted first against Pakistan in the Asian Games cricket final.
India scored 211 runs and lost six wickets in 20 overs.
That was India's highest T20 international score against Pakistan, according to the reports.
Abhishek Sharma helped India get off to a fast start with 61 runs.
Tilak Varma scored 51 without getting out, and Shivam Dube added 27 runs.
Varma reached 50 in just 21 balls.
India finished strongly in the final overs.
Pakistan needed 212 runs to win the gold medal.
India scored 211/6 in 20 overs against Pakistan in the Asian Games 2026 men's gold medal match.
The total was reported as India's highest in men's T20 internationals against Pakistan.
Tilak Varma scored an unbeaten 51 from 22 balls, reaching his half-century in 21 deliveries.
Abhishek Sharma made 61, while Shivam Dube scored 27 off 15 balls.
India set Pakistan a target of 212 to win the gold medal.
- Who
- India and Pakistan, with Tilak Varma, Abhishek Sharma and Shivam Dube among India's leading scorers.
- What
- India scored 211/6 and set Pakistan a target of 212 in the men's cricket gold medal match.
- Where
- The articles do not specify the venue.
- When
- The Asian Games 2026 final.
- Why
- The teams were competing for the Asian Games men's cricket gold medal.
Key facts
- India's total
- 211/6 in 20 overs
- Pakistan's target
- 212 runs
- Tilak Varma
- Unbeaten 51 off 22 balls; reached 50 in 21 deliveries
- Abhishek Sharma
- 61 runs
- Shivam Dube
- 27 runs off 15 balls
- Toss
- India won the toss and elected to bat first
- Pakistan bowling
- A. Minhas took 2 wickets for 25 runs








