Asia Cup has always been a challenging tournament. It's an opportunity to test yourself against the best teams in the sub-continent.'
India's batting mainstay Virat Kohli says the Asia Cup, starting in Mirpur on Wednesday, is the perfect platform to assess the team's strengths, weaknesses and its current standing on the global stage ahead of the big-ticket World Twenty20 next month.
On Wednesday, India locks horns with Bangladesh in the tournament-opener. The continental event is the team's final phase of preparation for next month's WT20 in India.
IMAGE: Virat Kohli with fans. Photograph: BCCI
India begin the tournament on the back of some very impressive outings in the slam-bang format against Australia and Sri Lanka.
Emboldened by the recent success at home and away in the T20 format, Mahendra Singh Dhoni recently said that the team is in auto-pilot mode, and Kohli looked at the remark very positively.
"MS (Dhoni) was spot on because I think it comes from the fact that we play a lot of T20 cricket. In Indian Premier League, we get so many games to play and execute our skills, so you keep getting better every season.
"If you see the number of games being played by players in the IPL, the numbers are very high, so everyone knows what needs to be done and at what stage of the game in that tournament. I think even MS (Dhoni) is not required to put in so much thought on what needs to be done because the players are experienced. That takes the load off. So that's why he said the team is in auto-pilot mode. I think that's what he meant.
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