Asia Cup 2022, India vs Sri Lanka: No long-term worries, we tried out three-seamer option, says Rohit Sharma

Sri Lanka here on Tuesday but captain Rohit Sharma said there are no long-term worries as they were experimenting with three seamers in view of the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. Rohit said the back-to-back losses in the Asia Cup -- the first against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday -- will teach the team how to find answers before the ICC event in October-November. "I was happy with three seamers. Unfortunately Avesh hasn't turned up well in the fitness tests. He didn't respond well because he was quite sick. Ideally the combination we would play is four seamers, but three seamers was something we wanted to try before the World Cup," Rohit said at the post-match presentation.

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Defending champions India went perilously close to elimination after a 6-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in their super four stage match of the Asia Cup. The result left the Men in Blue at the mercy of the other teams to have a chance of making it to the final. It also meant that India skipper Rohit

"We need to find answers as a team, like where we are with five bowlers. We know now where we stand with this combination. "No long-term worries, we have lost only two games back to back. Since the last World Cup, we haven't lost too many games. These games will teach us. We wanted to put ourselves under pressure in the Asia Cup. We are still looking for answers." He praised the Indian bowlers for taking the game deep despite Sri Lanka's flying start to the run-chase and questions being raised over Bhuvneshwar Kumar leaking runs in the death overs. "Experienced batsmen get out and bowlers leak runs as well, these