Morne Morkel , India 's bowling coach, has allayed concerns around the fitness of Hardik Pandya and Abhishek Sharma leading into Sunday's Asia Cup final against Pakistan in Dubai.

Hardik held his left hamstring and walked off the field after bowling the first over of Sri Lanka's innings on Friday, in which he dismissed Kusal Mendis for a first-ball duck. Hardik didn't return to take the field for the remainder of the innings.

"Hardik had cramps, he will be assessed tonight and tomorrow morning, we'll then take a call on that," Morkel said at the post-match press conference. India's bowling coach was merely reiterating what India captain Suryakumar Yadav said at the post-match presentation.

Meanwhile, Abhishek too spent the entire second half of Sri Lanka's innings off the fie

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