The Mirpur pitch, topped with a layer of grass, has tested batsmen but India have displayed impressive temperament and skill to build for the World T20

Twists, turns, mishaps and jailbreaks. It's all par for the course with the Pakistan batting line-up

Pakistan tried to sink their teeth into the target and suddenly found it was more than they could chew. The top three fell early, but Shoaib Malik and Umar Akmal buckled down and took Pakistan to a seven-wicket victory against UAE in Mirpur

R Ashwin believes Ashish Nehra and Jasprit Bumrah's ability to swing the ball in the Powerplay and hamper the batsmen later in the innings, has given India a whole new dimension to their attack

Pakistan and UAE will need their wobbling batting to take inspiration from their fabulous bowling to open their account in the Asia Cup

Both players are of a recent vintage - 22-years-old in life, one-month-old in international cricket - and both of them are vital going forward

Pakistan crumbled to 83 all out in 17.3 overs - their lowest ever score batting first in T20Is - before Virat Kohli's 49 led India to an eventually comfortable five-wicket win in Mirpur

Mohammad Amir has the skills he needs - notably his inswinger - and the nous to use it in the most effective way possible. In Twenty20 cricket, all it takes is a few balls to change the match

India and Pakistan meet for the Asia Cup in Bangladesh to a series of one-off contests dating back to the 2013 Champions Trophy in England, having last played a bilateral series in 2012-13

They began to dream, they began to hope, they even forced Sri Lanka to plummet to their lowest ever total against an Associate nation in T20Is. With another 15 runs, UAE could have had their first ever win against a Test nation

As well as UAE have played in the Asia Cup so far, winning three of their last four matches, it seems unlikely for them to notch up a fourth win or for Bangladesh to suffer a fourth straight loss

Plays of the Day from the Asia Cup match between Sri Lanka and UAE in Mirpur

Rohit Sharma's 83 off 55 balls was the "kind of batting that was really needed," in the words of his captain MS Dhoni

A counterattacking half-century from Rohit Sharma lifted India to 166, paving the way for a massive 45-run victory in the Asia Cup opener against Bangladesh in Mirpur

With MS Dhoni being an uncertain starter for the Asia Cup opener, Virat Kohli has said that India need to sort out their batting combination and shake up things

India, who suffered a limited-overs series defeat against Bangladesh last year, are back in the country, with the added twist of Asia Cup and World T20 implications

India team director Ravi Shastri has urged India to start off series with wins instead of playing catch-up after early losses

A clean sweep in the qualifying stages of the Asia Cup continues a remarkable turnaround in fortunes and now a few companies will be missing employees for a little longer

From his early days of playing tape-ball cricket, to hitting Dale Steyn for a six in ODIs, Mohammad Naveed has come a long way

On a must-win night, Afghanistan's flair caught the eye, but it almost cost them the match