Looking at India’s Asia Cup from the realm of ICC World T20 2014

                                    Asia Cup 2014 was just a prelude to the ICC World T20 2014 starting in less than 10 days time.Abhijit Banare looks at the performance of India in the Asia Cup and what do the results mean for their ICC World T20 campaign.

Batsmen still rule

The batsmen are always in the limelight, irrespective of the results. Rohit Sharma looks like the old Rohit struggling to play fluently. So much so that it forced Virat Kohli to put Ajinkya Rahane up the batting order. Barring Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Rahane, none of the others were impressive in Asia Cup 2014. However, in ICC World T20 2014 , it’s unlikely; the Indians would risk Rahane as the opener. There’s isn’t an opening for Rahane in the middle-order as well. The only difference is that the finisher MS Dhoni comes back into the team to slot into the middle-order and Ravindra Jadeja has been batting well too. So, India’s fortunes in ICC World T20 2014 will revolve around Kohli and Dhoni.