The 29-year-old, whose growth as an international golfer has been phenomenal over the last 12 month, feels that it was the inaugural EurAsia Cup in 2014 at the same venue, the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club, which in a way kick-started his road to the elite.
Speaking on a variety of topics, the world No. 40, who begins his first full PGA Tour season from next week, feels Asian golf has matured in the two years since the inaugural edition.
The Europeans have hugely experienced Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter, established and stars like Danny Willett, Shane Lowery, Victor Dubuisson, Soren Kjeldsen, Chris Wood and Bernd Wiesberger and young guns like Mathew Fitzpatrick and Kristoffer Broberg. Ten of the 12 European team members are in Top-60 with Broberg (65) and Ross Fisher (82) not too far behind.
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"I think it's fantastic to have Jeev at the helm. He's had a lot of experience. He's played in a lot of team formats. He knows all of us. He knows the players who are coming in from Japan and Korea, as well.
"He comes and talks to us and wants to know what we want and what makes us comfortable and to play with our strengths, which is I think the greatest job of a captain is to nurture his team, and he does that really well."
Sitting alongside Thai Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Malaysia Nicholas Fung and Korea's KT Kim, Lahiri said, "I think the first EurAsia Cup we had was a critical event for Asian golf. If you compare the teams, whether it's the European Team or the Asian Team, there's been so much improvement, especially on the Asian side.
When the first EurAsia Cup took place in 2014, there was a feeling that Europe would outplay Asia, but Asia got a 10-10 with a superb Sunday effort.
"I think the first really good sign is that Europe has sent a much stronger team. I still think that we are going to be underdogs going into the event, which is a good thing for us, because I think it puts more pressure on Europe to win. If they send more players who have got Ryder Cup experience, match-play experience, and they still can't beat us, it's going to send some tremors down The Ryder Cup Team," Lahiri said.