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The final is the first Asia Cup decider between India and Pakistan in 41 years.(ANI) <\/p>\n
A video posted on X (formerly Twitter) by ANI captured devotees in Prayagraj turning to prayer to show their support and hope for Team India.<\/p>\n
\u201cUttar Pradesh: People offer prayers in Prayagraj for Team India’s victory. India to take on Pakistan for its Asia Cup 2025 final today in Dubai,\u201d the caption of the post reads.<\/p>\n
The final is the first Asia Cup decider between India and Pakistan<\/a> in 41 years, making it a highly anticipated event across the nation.<\/p>\n In the video, devotees in Prayagraj are seen performing Ganga aarti while holding pictures of Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill, with Indian flags waving in the background.<\/p>\n The Ganga aarti holds deep spiritual and cultural significance in India, symbolising devotion, purification, and the offering of prayers to the holy river Ganga.<\/p>\n Check out the video here: <\/p>\n This year\u2019s tournament has been played against a tense backdrop, with off-field developments and geopolitical tensions often overshadowing on-field action.<\/p>\n Analysts say this has increased the weight of expectations on players from both teams, turning the final into more than just a game.<\/p>\n India has remained unbeaten throughout the tournament, facing just a brief challenge from Sri Lanka in the dead rubber of the Super Four stage.<\/p>\n On the other hand, Pakistan will face the final under heavy pressure, having lost to India twice earlier in the tournament.<\/p>\n These previous defeats add extra weight to the Pakistani team\u2019s shoulders, making the historic Asia Cup 2025 final a tense and high-stakes match for them.<\/p>\n See Less <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated on: Sept 28, 2025 10:05 am IST Fans in Prayagraj were seen performing Ganga aarti for Team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15299,33844,85,9710,31290,46,33842,105,33843],"class_list":["post-42468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-asia-cup-2025","tag-asia-cup-2025-final","tag-il","tag-india-vs-pakistan","tag-india-vs-pakistan-asia-cup-final","tag-israel","tag-prayagraj","tag-sports","tag-team-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/story_trending@2x.png\" "\\"\\"\/")
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