Overview

• Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and chose to field, and the captains again skipped a handshake before play.
• India made three changes with Hardik Pandya sidelined, bringing in Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Shivam Dube for Pandya, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana.
• Pakistan retained the XI that beat Bangladesh, and captain Salman Ali Agha said he would have batted first regardless of the toss.
• This is the first India–Pakistan Asia Cup final, with India unbeaten and having defeated Pakistan twice earlier in this tournament.
• Officials prepared the same batting-friendly Dubai pitch used in the previous meeting, with evening dew expected to aid chasing and a crowd of about 28,000 on hand.