Eight members of a 15-strong Indian team, including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, today left for Colombo to participate in the Asia Cup starting 15th June . Eight cricketers, who had assembled in Chennai for a two-day camp ahead of tournament, flew to the Lankan capital this morning. Suresh Raina and six other Indian cricketers, who arecurrently on a tour of Zimbabwe, will fly directly to Colomboafter completing their Twenty20 engagements against the hosts today. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin,Ashok Dinda and Pragyan Ojha, who are presently on national duty in Zimbabwe, are the other cricketers in Zimbabwe right now. India will take on Bangladesh in their opening match ofthe event on June 16, followed by a match against arch-rivalsPakistan on 19th June .