When India takes on hosts Bangladesh in the opening game of the Asia Cup in Mirpur on Wednesday, February 24, it will mark a new beginning.
The biennial tournament for continental supremacy will, for the first time, be played in the Twenty20 format.
Change in formats is not a new phenomenon in cricket. In fact, for a sport that is played only by a handful of countries, there's only one option to stay relevant, and that is to keep changing (rather reinventing) with times.
That's precisely what's happened to cricket.
From Tests to One Day Internationals (ODIs) to T20s, the game has witnessed a change in formats to keep the fan's interest intact.
The switch in the format for the Asia Cup is the latest addition to the list, having been decided upon only last April.
IMAGE: Openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan during a practice session. Photograph: PTI
There's a twist in this tale -- the tournament will be played on a rotation basis, as an ODI or T20 event, keeping in mind the next world events under the aegis of the International Cricket Council.
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