India, Sept. 25 -- Three fifties have been hit by Indians in this Asia Cup so far, all by Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson. This is T20 though, so averages don't matter. And going by strike rates only Shubman Gill (156.33) has been able to come anywhere close to Sharma's (206.66) orbit. So probably it's good that India's two quickest strikers are opening the batting.

Here's the thing though-the rest aren't faring too well on the strike rate front as well. Hardik Pandya is striking at 124.32, Tilak Varma at 126.66, Axar Patel at 128.57, Suryakumar Yadav at 111.32, and Shivam Dube at a lowly 94.4. Five matches into this Asia Cup, these numbers primarily suggest that the pitches aren't always conducive for stroke making because these batter...