India have hired the services of a new left-handed throw-down specialist from Sri Lanka for the Asia Cup. Nuwan Seneviratne has been hired initially for the Asia Cup. If he is beneficial for the Indian batsmen, he could be contracted for a year, leading up to next year's World Cup.

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said: "We saw him in Sri Lanka. Of course, we have two right-handers who do throw-downs for us. "So, we wanted to bring in that change because left-armers are important. And looking at the future, we are going to play in Australia and they have quite a few left-arm bowlers.