Indo-Asian News Service
Mirpur, Feb 23: India star batsman Virat Kohli believes that the Asia Cup starting here Wednesday is the best platform to analyse the team’s strengths and weaknesses ahead of the forthcoming World T20 at home in March-April.
“Going into the World Cup as I said, the conditions are going to be similar and we will probably be playing all these oppositions at some stage. So, as many teams as we play before the World Cup, it gives us a great opportunity to assess what the teams are like, what the balance is like, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and where do we stand compared to them. You can see Asia Cup as a whole package before the World Cup,” Kohli said at the pre-match press conference here Tuesday.
“Asia Cup has always been a challenging tournament, it’s like a mini event as far as the sub-continental teams are concerned. It’s an opportunity to test yourself as I said against the best teams in the sub continent. It’s a competitive tournament with different opposition with different set of skills testing you all the time,” Team India Test skipper said.
“With Parthiv coming in, we will have to sit down and see if that situation comes where he has to play. We will then have to sort out a combination, the best possible for the team in terms of the batting order but, as of now, we cannot. Unless we have a decision we cannot sit down and make a concrete plan,” Kohli said.
