India, Feb. 5 -- The Indian team travels with less baggage now, after BCCI's recently-imposed restrictions, but being able to enter the field without any mental baggage will be of far greater importance.

While the T20 team has branched out and taken on a new look, India's ODI squad still has many of the batters who toured Australia. Moving on will be vital for them and the team, more so with the two senior pros, captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, at the back end of their careers.

It wasn't really a surprise that in the pre-series press conference, Rohit was reminded of his abysmal Test form and quizzed about his India future.

"What sort of a question is that?" he replied to one. "My focus is on these three games and the Champions Tr...