Pakistan vs India Asian Games Final Predictions - Ishan Kishan to keep runs flowing to lift Asian Games title

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Pakistan have won two of their last three completed T20Is.
India are unbeaten in their last eight T20 internationals.
India are strong favourites after beating Pakistan five matches on the bounce.

Ishan Kishan hit 5 sixes in the Asian Games semi-final (Getty Images).

Pakistan vs India Predictions

India enter the gold-medal match in outstanding form and have dominated Pakistan in recent meetings, but Pakistan possess several dangerous individual performers capable of making the final competitive.

Pakistan vs India Predictions
Head-to-Head
Pakistan Form
India Form
Team News

Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan has scored 449 runs in 12 T20Is in 2026.
Pakistan’s Saim Ayub has scored 240 runs in 2026.
Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed has claimed 15 wickets in his last 10 T20Is.
India’s Ishan Kishan has scored 985 runs in 28 T20Is in 2026.
India’s Abhishek Sharma has scored 750 runs in 28 T20Is this year.
India’s Jasprit Bumrah has taken 24 wickets in his last 16 matches.
India’s Ishan Kishan hit 5 sixes in his 46-ball 80* against Sri Lanka.
India have won their last 5 T20Is against Pakistan.

Head-to-Head

India have won all five of their last five matches against Pakistan. The most recent meeting came at the T20 World Cup in February when India scored 175/7 before dismissing Pakistan for 114 to record a 61-run victory.

Pakistan Form

Pakistan booked their place in the final with a six-wicket victory over Bangladesh in a rain-shortened semi-final. Sufyan Moqim took 3/26 and Arafat Minhas claimed 2/23 before Abdul Samad and Hasan Nawaz shared an unbeaten 59-run stand for the fifth wicket.

Sahibzada Farhan remains Pakistan’s major batting threat after racking up 449 runs in 12 T20Is this year, while Saim Ayub offers value with both bat and ball. World No. 1-ranked T20I bowler Abrar Ahmed leads the attack after snatching 15 wickets in his last 10 internationals.

India Form

India are unbeaten in their last eight T20Is and stormed into the final with a 124-run victory over Sri Lanka. Ishan Kishan struck an unbeaten 80 from 46 balls before India’s bowlers produced a dominant display to dismiss Sri Lanka for only 45.

India possess exceptional batting depth with Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Kishan and Shreyas Iyer all enjoying productive form with the bat. Jasprit Bumrah remains the key bowling threat after taking 24 wickets across his last 16 matches.

Team News

Korogi Sports Park has favoured teams batting first, with 12 of the 20 matches at the venue being won by sides defending a total. The average first-innings score on the pitch is around 142.

Pakistan (possible XI): Sahibzada Farhan (c), Saim Ayub, Usman Khan, Maaz Sadaqat, Hasan Nawaz, Abdul Samad, Arafat Minhas, Ahmed Daniyal, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Abrar Ahmed, Sufyan Moqim.

India (possible XI): Shreyas Iyer (c), Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravi Bishnoi.

Verdict

Pakistan v India

India are huge favourites to take the win. Ishan Kishan and Jasprit Bumrah are their key dangermen and I’m backing them to play key roles in India’s win.

Sahibzada Farhan and Abrar Ahmed are backed to perform for Pakistan. There is a huge payout for most match sixes for Ishan Kishan, so I’m throwing my hat in the six-ring.

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