In spite of hosting one of the best T20 leagues (Indian Premier League) in the world India always shied away from playing too many T20 international matches outside ICC events. But that's going to change in the next six months. India is lined up to play a lot of T20 cricket leading up to the World T20 it hosts in 2016, a move that deserves to be lauded, for T20 is no longer a format that's too unpredictable.

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India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Pic/AFP