Overview

• Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and chose to field, with India drafting in Jasprit Bumrah, Shivam Dube and Rinku Singh as Hardik Pandya missed out, while Pakistan named an unchanged XI with Haris Rauf fit.
• Pakistan were dismissed for 146 in 19.1 overs after losing nine wickets for 33 runs in 39 balls, having been 84-0 and then 113-1.
• Sahibzada Farhan top-scored with 57 and Fakhar Zaman made 46, with Saim Ayub (14) the only other batter in double figures.
• Kuldeep Yadav took 4-30, including three in the 17th over, while Varun Chakravarthy removed Farhan and later Fakhar; Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah claimed two wickets each.
• There was no handshake at the toss, with captains interviewed by their own broadcasters, as a sold-out Dubai crowd watched the first Asia Cup final between the rivals.