Here are the Indian players who can actually take advantage of the drop in pitches, renewed balls, grassy tops, and odd ground sizes in Australia.

Irrespective of the colour of the ball, all three kinds of left-handed skills are structural to a winning combination - a batter in the top five, a spinner and a pacer. Currently, India has defined two of those roles with Axar and Arshdeep flourishing in their roles. Pant needs to be the missing piece of the puzzle.

Fans must realise that they can't customize their perfect version of Virat Kohli. He will only be more of Kohli whenever he returns to the white-ball arena, most probably in the Asia Cup. That will be his audition before India picks their best team for the T20 World Cup.

Both Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik having joined the forces has added greater depth to India's T20I batting line-up.

Whatever the combination the team management wants to go with, if they need a seasoned finisher, there is only one name that fits the bill - Dinesh Karthik.

The type of a fast bowler Shami is, he relies a lot on his short, skiddy nature and delivers the ball at an awkward angle where the time of decision making for the batsman is limited.

From being called ‘The Walking Assassin’, Robin Uthappa has transformed himself to be ‘The Calming Assassin’.

As the Indian women’s cricket team fought dew, an in-form South African lineup and injury concerns, they lost the sight of what was in front of them, a place in the World Cup semi finals.

In Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah and Shreyas Iyer, India has found its modern day masters of red-ball cricket.

Under Rohit Sharma’s rule, India’s youngsters have the best chance to conquer the world. His way of passing the information comes with a layer of comfort that often puts his players in a safe space.

India whitewashed the West Indies in an ODI series despite the absence of a single power-hitter, which is as much an irony for the visitors as it is for the hosts.

Sitting pretty at the top of the world, the India Under-19 stars are staring at a mega auction in the Indian Premier League that will change some of their lives forever.

Nobody knows how a champion-like red-ball unit suddenly looked like a bunch of survivors in the African wilderness. More so, It was difficult to digest how nobody among the top six batters in the ODI leg could reach the 3-figure mark in the three matches played!