Asia Cup: I Can’t Hit Big Sixes, Says Virat Kohli

The Indian captain has indicated that he would like to give game time to all the 15 players in the squad although it is the winning combination that is expected to play against Bangladesh tomorrow.

“I think it comes from the fact that we play a lot of T20 cricket”.

The specially commissioned trophy is exquisitely crafted in silver and golden color with Micromax’s logo christened on it.

Mirpur: India enter the final phase of their preparations for next month’s World Twenty20 with the Asia Cup starting on Wednesday, but a cloud of uncertainty over skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s availability threatens to disturb the side’s momentum going into the tournament-opener against Bangladesh.

They face a huge battle against India, who will fancy their chances of a comfortable win even if Dhoni is sidelined.

But that positive start may be hard to come by against India, the world’s top-ranked T20 side in the ICC ratings.

Dhoni has been suffering from back spasms which resulted in Parthiv Patel being flown in on SOS basis as cover for the Indian captain.

Bangladesh counters with 20-year-old left-arm pace prodigy Mustafizur Rahman, whose worldwide debut last June, also against India, though in 50-overs series, created an global sensation when he claimed five-wicket hauls in each of his first two matches – only the second bowler ever to pull off that feat.

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India’s star batsman Virat Kohli also quashed any suggestion that the team would be holding back with only weeks to go before the World T20 begins. “It is important for everybody to have games under their belt”.

There are reports that Bangladesh is preparing a green top here to outwit the opposition batsmen but Shastri said the Indian team is not at all bothered about pitches and just want to concentrate on its own game.

Since that match, Dhoni has batted four timesat No. 4 in ODIs, scoring 134 runs. Along with the hosts Bangladesh and the defending champions Sri Lanka, the tourney will include India, Pakistan, and one Associate team, to be determined through a qualifier which is now underway.

Sri Lanka’s premier telecommunications service provider, Dialog Axiata PLC, will sponsor the Sri Lankan cricket team at the Asia Cup 2016, scheduled to commence in Dhaka, Bangladesh next week. “We had been unsuccessful at this format of the game, that doesn’t mean we can never do well here”. It has signed up as the title sponsor for the upcoming Asia Cup T20 for Rs 10-12 crore.

Skipper Amjad Javed added: “We came to Bangladesh with a very simple target, we came here to win all the games”.

“It is a good opportunity to test ourselves in conditions similar to that of the World Cup ahead”.