The Indian cricket team, in an electrifying way, managed to win the Asia Cup 2025 final against Pakistan. This time around, the rivalry was fiercer than ever because earlier this year India and Pakistan were involved in a war-like situation. Following the win, the award ceremony took place at the stadium, and Indian left-handed batsman Abhishek Sharma was named the Player of the Tournament for his outstanding performance. As a result, he was rewarded with a Chinese SUV, the Haval H9.
After the conclusion of the match, the award ceremony commenced at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, where India won by 5 wickets with 2 balls left. During the ceremony, Abhishek Sharma was named the Player of the Tournament. His score tally was 314 runs in seven innings at a strike rate of 200 and an average of 44.85.
As a result of this, he was handed over the keys to a brand-new Haval H9 SUV. It is a full-size seven-seater SUV sold by Haval, which is a sub-brand of Great Wall Motor Company, a Chinese automotive manufacturer. Abhishek Sharma, along with the H9, also won $15,000 for his stellar performance during the entire tournament.
A video has been shared online in which Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill were seen checking out the Haval H9 SUV after the ceremony ended. In the video, Gill sits on the front passenger seat, while Sharma sits on the left-side driving seat. He then clicks a selfie with Shubman.
The Haval H9 is a full-size seven-seater SUV which is based on a ladder-on-frame chassis. This SUV boasts an exterior design that looks inspired by the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen. At the front, it gets circular LED headlights with DRLs and a large grille with horizontal slats and massive Haval lettering in the middle. It also gets LED fog lights, and the overall front looks very bold and muscular.
On the sides, it gets large turbine-style alloy wheels and squarish windows, giving it an imposing appearance. As for the rear, it comes with vertically positioned LED taillights and a spare tyre mounted on the tailgate. Other notable highlights include integrated roof rails and a shark-fin antenna.
Moving on to the interior, this SUV gets a 7-seater layout, leather upholstery, a power-adjustable driver’s seat, and ventilation on both front seats. It also gets multi-zone automatic climate control, a panoramic sunroof, automatic wipers, a 14.6-inch touchscreen infotainment system, and a large digital instrument gauge cluster.
Safety features of this SUV include multiple airbags, ABS with EBD, traction control, hill ascent and descent control, parking sensors, a rear camera, an electronic parking brake, and auto-hold. Powering the Haval H9 is a 2.0-litre, four-cylinder turbo petrol engine which makes 224 bhp and 385 Nm of torque. Transmission duties are handled by an 8-speed automatic gearbox.
The SUV also comes with a 4X4 system and various off-road modes. Internationally, it is sold at a price tag of around $30,000. If it came to India, it would be sold in the price range of Rs 30–45 lakh.