Closing the hotel room door, switching off the cell phone and going off to sleep are good to “shut outside noise” before a crunch game, but Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav knows that some things are “easier said than done” as he geared up for another high-voltage Asia Cup battle against Pakistan on Sunday.

The amiable captain neither shook hands with opposition skipper Salman Ali Agha at the toss nor at the end of the game.