Political tensions spilled over into cricket in the Asia Cup final between India and Pakistan on Sunday in Dubai and even though the contest is already over, India winning the tie by five wickets, both sides have continued trading barbs.

At the toss ahead of the Asia Cup final between India and Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday, a rare scene unfolded. For the first time on a cricket field, the two captains spoke to two different commentators -- naturally, each one from their own country.

Hardik Pandya missed out due to a niggle as India opted to field in the final of the Asia Cup against Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday. 

India won the toss and opted to field first in the Super Four match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates

The weight of captaincy in any sport compounds exponentially under the bright lights of a major tournament. On top of that, if the captain has not experienced the pressure of leading in that event before, it should put them at an even bigger disadvantage.

In a two-way battle with Delhi for one play-off spot, Mumbai posted 180-5 and then bowled out the opposition for 121 in their home at the Wankhede Stadium.

India captains Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav struck unbeaten half-centuries to power Mumbai Indians to a nine-wicket thrashing of Chennai Super Kings in a battle of IPL heavyweights on Sunday.

Blazing his way to 120 runs off just 47 deliveries, Tilak became only the fifth batter to achieve consecutive centuries in T20I cricket and earned the Player of the Series award.

The win meant India took the series 3-0 after winning the two-match Test series 2-0 earlier. 

"We just tried to back our skills and what we decided in the team meeting, we just walked the talk," said Suryakumar.

Wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma makes a return to the squad, which also has Sanju Samson as the other wicketkeeping option. The spin department has Ravi Bishnoi and Washington Sundar with Varun Chakravarthy making a return to the squad after three years. In Riyan Parag and Abhishek Sharma, there are also part-time spin options in the squad. India’s squad for Bangladesh T20Is: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, JItesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav

India's Twenty20 captain Suryakumar Yadav hopes a stint in first-class cricket will improve his chances of reclaiming a spot in the Test squad.

Not only did Suryakumar finish the series as his side's leading run-scorer and claim the Player of the Series award, the 33-year-old also created an instant impression in the role of captain, bringing his own leadership style to the job made vacant following the T20I retirement of Rohit Sharma.

Skipper Suryakumar Yadav turned an unlikely hero with the ball as India beat Sri Lanka in a T20 thriller decided by a Super Over to sweep the series 3-0 on Tuesday.

New head coach Gautam Gambhir and T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav enjoyed a winning start as India secured a 43-run victory over hosts Sri Lanka to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match Twenty20 series on Saturday.

The retirement of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravindra Jadeja from T20 internationals has left India in a transition phase, but newly-appointed T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav on Friday said he has faith that the youngsters in the squad will step up.

Skipper Suryakumar Yadav spoke of his equation with new India head coach Gautam Gambhir ahead of the Sri Lanka series.

Speaking after the title triumph, Suryakumar Yadav revealed the words from the skipper that moved the entire team.

“I really don’t know what was going through my mind. All I could see was the World Cup flying away and I just latched on to it,” Suryakumar told Times of India.

A half-century from captain Rohit Sharma and a timely 47 off 36 balls from the bat of Suryakumar Yadav powered India to 171-7 against England in their ICC T20 World Cup semi-final against champions England in Guyana on Thursday.