India wants to rediscover the winning touch in Asia Cup

Fatullah (Bangladesh): Indian cricket team would seek to rediscover the lost touch in a five-way battle for regional supremacy when the 12th Asia Cup one-day cricket tournament starts on Tuesday.
India was thoroughly embarrassed in their recent trips to South Africa and New Zealand, failing to win a single match in any format. And now, India are up for another tough challenge when they square off against arch-rivals Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and debutantes Afghanistan in the sub-continent’s premier ODI event.
Pakistan will face Sri Lanka in the tournament-opener here on Tuesday. Without the finishing ability of Dhoni, it will be interesting to see how the new-look middle-order, comprising Ajinkya Rahane, wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik and the classical-mould Cheteshwar Pujara, performs in the slog overs.

After being made the captain as Dhoni’s replacement in a tri-series in the West Indies, Kohli had begun with a loss but since then he has been on a roll with seven straight wins.

That five of the seven wins came against minnows Zimbabwe tells a different story as Kohli will have a completely different challenge this time.