India, Oct. 4 -- Captaincy India for the very first time against arch-foe Pakistan, Shreyas Iyer simply told his teammates to shut out the noise surrounding the marquee fixture and "rise to the occasion" of a high-pressure final.

The players did lift their performance on the big stage as India completed a 19-run win over Pakistan in the Asian Games final here on Saturday.

"We were just playing an opponent in our minds, not Pakistan or Sri Lanka. That doesn't matter. If we play to the best of our abilities, everything else follows. Today was the right example of that and we lived up to it," Iyer said after the victory.

"It is definitely a huge occasion when you play against Pakistan in the final. The whole country is watching, and you h...