1st ODI: Suryakumar Yadav blazes, India tick another box
On the eve of the match, India head coach Rahul Dravid asserted that his team had ticked most of the boxes in the Asia Cup. One that perhaps remained unticked was the form of Suryakumar Yadav, who duly came to the party with a feisty 50, a knock in the finisher mould, where he showed considerable restrain and awareness to bail his team out of a tricky situation. His most unusual outing at this level helped India chase down 277 with the loss of five wickets, in the company of KL Rahul.There was a phase when he was worried about his inability to crack the ODI code. “What is happening for me in this format, I have wondered. The teams and bowlers were the same. I went back and reflected and realized I was probably rushing things a bit. So I decided to play slower and take it deep. I think i...