Satish sawant

Satish Sawant: Shivam Dube's childhood coach Satish Sawant praised his ward's performance against Pakistan in the final of the Asia Cup, saying that the allrounder brought a positive change to his game style, while also lauded Tilak Varma for his match-winning innings.

India appeared to be in trouble when opener Shubman Gill fell for just 12 in the fourth over to make it 20/3 in pursuit of Pakistan's total of 146, but Varma, Sanju Samson (24) and Shivam Dube (33) kept their cool to guide the side home.

Sawant opined that the match was very intense and evenly poised, with both teams putting in solid efforts to claim the trophy. Noting the same, Sawant said that Pakistan looked like they’d post a big target, but Kuldeep Yadav's bowling turned the game.