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IND vs SL: On the brink, India need to dust up old habits

Given his form, Rohit abandoning the aggressive approach and returning to the old formula, just temporarily, won’t be a bad fit. (PTI/AP)

A tie and a loss in the ODI leg of the series in Sri Lanka, India find themselves looking into the mirror. They have learnt a few hard lessons, a crack has been exposed, the incompetence of batsmen against spinners on low, spinning tracks. If they nurture any ambition to level the series on Wednesday, they need to find quick solutions, even revert to the pre-

World Cup approach, old-fashioned and boring, that they struggled to abandon in the first place. (Read more from Venkata Krishna B)