COLOMBO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - India captain Rohit Sharma played down hype around Saturday's Asia Cup blockbuster against Pakistan, saying their focus is on using the tournament to fine-tune their preparations for the home World Cup later this year.
For us, we don't want to look into all those things," the opener deadpanned in the pre-match press conference on Friday.
"What is going to help us is - keep doing the right things on the pitch and make the right decisions that take us forward as a team."
The six-team tournament assumes more importance for India as they chase their first global title in more than a decade at the home World Cup in October-November.
"When we finish the tournament, hopefully we can achieve that and go into the next one and half months of the World Cup."
Persons:
Rohit Sharma, Rohit, Shaheen Afridi, Amlan Chakraborty, David Holmes
Organizations:
Asia, Pakistan, India, Thomson
Locations:
COLOMBO, India, Pallekele, Pakistan, New Delhi