Sports Bites : Weighing the India Cap ..

Each time a new cap has been presented to a fortunate individual , it has made the media houses go tizzy sniffing out reasons behind the player making the cut , so it was more than expected for the news that a team of new-faces and returning-faces representing India in the ongoing Bangla series to sell as hot cakes . The situation was made more tricky when the host captain welcomed the so-called "second-string Team India " with an unpleasant remark of being surprised at the light-weight approach of BCCI towards the series and thus ended up spicing up the dead rubber .
As the teams headed for the first time in Mirpur yesterday , it was a lose-lose situation for both , with Bangladesh under the threat of severe unpopularity , losing from a weaker India , whilst Team India were to lose sight of potential comebacks in case of a poor outing . There were several debates whether the Indian cap has been devalued going by the number of new faces in the squad but the emphatic victory that the team had in Mirpur yesterday has seen the dust settle down . With India taking a 1-0 lead in the three match affair , it remains to be seen who has the last laughter , and what results do the BCCI's new experiment bore for it .

-Abi.