India, Sept. 29 -- If there was any doubt about Tilak Varma truly belonging on the big stage, the 22-year-old left-hander showed the world the calm head he has on his shoulders as he carried India to its ninth Asia Cup victory. The youngster played an unbeaten 69-run knock off 53 balls to help India chase down the target of 147 with five wickets in hand and two balls to spare. Tilak has slowly and steadily cemented his place in India's T20I lineup; however, there was a new dimension to his batting against Pakistan at the Dubai International Stadium as he was unperturbed by the verbal volleys being thrown at him by wicketkeeper Mohammad Haris.

In the sixth over of India's chase, Faheem Ashraf was bowling, and Tilak was just biding his tim...