For the first half, it wasn’t quite the widely anticipated walk in the park for India, abysmally below par in the field in their final Group A game of the Asia Cup. Even so, they possessed enough firepower with the bat through skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill to breeze into the Super Fours.

Perhaps they were distracted by the uncertainty surrounding where the next stage would be held or they sub-consciously slackened because they were up against Nepal. Whatever the reason, India had a horror day in the field at the Pallekele Stadium on Monday, shelling three eminently holdable catches in the first 26 deliveries after Rohit opted to field.