Asia Cup | India have a great mix of youth and experience, reveals Sunil Gavaskar

The Indian team is set to battle it out against their Asian counterparts in the ongoing Asia Cup being played in the UAE. BCCI selectors have opted to rest Viratᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Kohli, which has meangt that Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharm🧜a, will lead the side in the Asian showpiece this month. 

And former Indian batsman, Sunil Gavaskar, in his column for TOI, revealed that India are blessed with a unique combination of youth and experience in the squad. The Test legend singled-out former captain, MS Dhoni♐, as an invaluable member of the team and heaped praise on the Ranchi-born cricketer for guiding the young spin💮ners.

"India's first game against Hong Kong will be a nice warmu𝓰p for the sterner battle the next day against Pakistan. How the organisers scheduled two back-to-back games for India - with the second game being against Pakistan - is hard to understand, but that's the way it is. Hong Kong have got to the Emirates after a hard-fought qualifying event, beating some other fancied associate teams in the bargain. They were overwhelmed by Pakistan in their first game and will now be looking to better their efforts against India𝕴.

"India have a great mix of youth and experience and their skipper Rohit Sharma loves the 50-over format and will look to add a couple of tons to his record. He is fortunate to have MS Dhoni besides him to guide him during tough times. Dhoni's experience is a priceless commo♑dity that's impossible to quantify and his guidance of the young spinners is legendary," Gavaskar wrote for T𓄧OI.

Gavaskar added that while India have come to be known for their batting prowess in recent years, its the bowlers who have done well in the pastꦚ few months. The spin magic of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav wrecked havoc in South Africa and will hope to dominate this time as w𓃲ell.

"India's batting is generally the star attraction but this time around the variety they have in their bowling is also worth 🔯going miles to see. The two wrist spinners, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, in their different ways pick wickets regularly and then the way they rush to congratulate each other is reminiscent of the great spin quartet of the 70s, who also took great delight in each other💜's success.

"Normally India would like to bat first to give their batsme🥀n valuable game time, but because they play Pakistan the very next day, they would like to finish the game early and reserve energy for that much-anticipated encounter. To do that they would have to win the toss and so it will be interesting to see if Rohit Sharma has better luck than Virat Kohꦺli," added Gavaskar.