Kolkata, Sept. 14 -- Air raid sirens and blackouts, shelled out borders and drones being knocked out of the sky by missiles screeching from batteries parked in city neighbourhoods - those evenings weren't that long ago as they now feel. The IPL had to be paused, teams disbanded and foreigners bundled into minivans and then on to chartered flights, uncertain of resumption. War paused cricket that day, but it's also true that there is no bigger proxy of our geopolitical reality than cricket. To that end, it's strange how the build-up to this India-Pakistan match at the T20 Asia Cup on Sunday has been devoid of the usual, tension-gripping hype. It's never 'just another match' to the players but at ground zero, it's always headier and unnerving...