Asia Cup Review: More questions than answers ahead of T20 World Cup

Virat Kohli's first T20I hundred certainly means a lot but counts for little. India have exited from yet another multi-nation tournament having failed to rise up to the occasion during crunch games and with a lot of questions without answers. If Virat Kohli finally breaking the century jinx with his 71st is good news for all cricket fans, it also poses a few questions that need to be put in perspective.

(AP Photo)How much of importance will you give to a hundred that came in a dead rubber when there was absolutely no pressure? Afghanistan's bowling attack has shown a lot of potential in this tournament but playing back-to-back matches in this punishing heat, how should they be judged? Having lost a close and emotionally draining game less than 24 hours back, was Afghanistan physically and mentally ready for another gruelling game? The top three and its impending problems?And this brings us to the most basic question? Will this (Rohit, KL Rahul and Kohli), be India's top three going into the T20 World Cup? Yes, it seems so if one sees the kind of support that both Rohit and Kohli have shown for an under-pressure Rahul, whose "wicket preservation first" approach in Powerplay overs has more often than not put India in trouble.

"We have to keep him in good head space as we know what he can do," Kohli said during his interaction with Rohit on bcci.tv. One could gauge that both the seniors want Rahul to settle down with six more international games (vs Australia and SA) and two warm-up left before start of T20 World cup? So isn't the sameness (three right-handers) that seemed to have hurt India during the 2021 edition coming to haunt them again? Without an iota of doubt, if anyone among the top three misses out on the