Mumbai: The Indian squad left for Bangladesh by a morning flight to take part in the four-nation 11th Asia Cup starting on Sunday. The ultimate battle between two rivals India and Pakistan is set for March 18, which would be the first meeting between the two sides since last March in the World Cup semifinal at Mohali where India won before clinching cricket's showpiece event for the second time in their history.

The Asia Cup, in which each of the four teams meets every other team once in the league stage, concludes on March 22. Earlier, Dhoni and his men came back from the disastrous tour of Australia only a few days ago where they were knocked out of the triangular series after having been thrashed 0-4 in the preceding Test series by the home team.

By Indian Sports News