Doug Bollinger has been called up as Johnson's replacement and Bailey backed him to be a success.
Both players led their country to the finals of the World T20, Sangakkara in 2009 and Jayawardene in 2012.
A glance at how they won their title in Colombo shows that West Indies had struggled with consistency even then.
India could think of opening with Ajinkya Rahane and demote Rohit Sharma.
Paul Stirling struck a blistering half-century to guide Ireland to a three-wicket win over Zimbabwe.
The ICC approved of the replacement and Tom Cooper featured in the match against UAE.
Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 153 for six and then bowled out India for 148 in exactly 20 overs.
Nepal will next play hosts Bangladesh in their crucial last Group A encounter.
Bangladesh beat Ireland by 44 runs in a one-sided encounter in which Rahim and Shakib blasted unbeaten 50s.
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India had won the inaugural edition of the Twenty20 World Cup in 2007 in South Africa.
Mitchell Johnson led Australia's 5-0 Ashes home whitewash of England and then 2-1 away victory over South Africa.
Shahid Afridi played in the Asia Cup final on Saturday with painkillers after he hurt his hamstring.
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Prasad spoke about India’s medium pacers and said it was time to help Zaheer make a decision about his future.
They are not in best of forms, having recently been blanked 3-0 by Sri Lanka before losing all their Asia Cup matches.
Misbah continues to play in domestic T20, he quit T20 internationals in 2012 and was replaced by Hafeez as captain.
After Asia Cup, Bangladesh gears up for fifth edition of World T20 in a week’s time.