Overview

• India have won all six matches under Suryakumar Yadav and will face Pakistan in the Asia Cup final in Dubai on Sunday.
• Suryakumar has 71 runs in five innings at a strike rate of 107.57, including a duck to Haris Rauf in the Super Fours.
• Ravichandran Ashwin backed a risk-first template, saying he values impact over a higher average and praising Yadav’s willingness to bat in different slots.
• Sunil Gavaskar urged Yadav to take three or four balls to assess pace and bounce before playing his natural game.
• Abhishek Sharma leads the tournament with 309 runs and is the first batter to surpass 300 in a single T20 Asia Cup edition.