From The Pavilion End...

The bandwagon moves east to Mahendra Singh Dhoni's hometown Ranchi for the 4th test.

The difficulties of the Indian squad is compounded by continuing unavailability of KL Rahul and imposed resting of Jasprit Bumrah. Is this the worst that England will ever find India at? Alternatively - how can Bazball not win this test match?

Find out our pitch preview and teams analysis with impending changes analyzed in our 4th Test Preview

This was one of the most satisfying home win for India in a long long time. But 3 four day tests have shown this is an exhilarating series.

We check India's batting in both innings, the captaincy and the bowling on the crucial 3rd morning and find out the key characters of the win.

This discussion also includes

- Indepth analysis of Joe Rooting Bumrah to Jaiswal

- How Kuldeep finally may have proved his worth

- Ben Duckett's proclamation that other teams have imitated their approach

- India's middle order when Kohli/Rahul/Pant returns

- Jaiswal may be the most poised and mentally sorted youngster you will find in cricket and why its just a start for him and huge days are anticipated in future

And finally why India has got these Baz-balls in their grip now.

Let us know your perspective of the 3rd test.

India and England are playing an engrossing series where the inexperience of the Indian batting is matched by the inexperience of the English batting.

Both teams could have legitimately claimed they should have been 2-0 up. So it is fine that the series is 1-1.

How will the Rajkot pitch hold up? What kind of pitch will suit India's batting and bowling talents best?

How will this rank inexperienced Indian line up fare against Bazball?

What changes does Ben Stokes needs to do in his 100th test to make it a memorable one?

And will we see as exhilarating cricket as the first 8 days of this series has shown us?

Find out all that and more in this episode.

We look back at the 2nd Test between India and England played at Vizag.

We analyze the performances so far from both India and England and try to identify the narrative of the series and where both the teams are faltering and succeeding as either team could have been up 2-0 or down 2-0.

We look ahead to the series and strategize from each camp - on what could land a killer blow. From the Indian perspective we hazard a guess on what the team could be - and if one contentious veteran could get a recall.

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India has lost an unlosable test. On top of that 5 test regulars - Kohli, Pant, Shami, Rahul and Jadeja are out for the 2nd test. Indian team has more debutants than England squad.

What hope does India have of equaling the series at Vizag?

Is it game over or is there a learning India can take from both history and the 1st test at Hyderabad which will enable them to fight back?

We preview the 2nd test starting on Friday between India and England

England bazballed their way to probably the most unlikeliest of their 15 wins in India.

India won all the sessions of first 2 days and then lost all the sessions of the last 2 days.

While only the pitch and curator came out with pass marks, Indian batting, bowling, captaincy and planning were severely shown up.

What can India do to arrest this slide? Or are the English too strong and 2012 will be repeated again.

India vs England starts on 25th January.

India is without Virat Kohli, Cheteswar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane all together after Nov 2011.

England have announced their XI already and the team has 1 pacer and 3 spinners where Ben Stokes cannot bowl!

Are we going to see another 2 day test?

We discuss all that and more in this discussion

England are coming to India for a 5 test series.

In this comprehensive preview we look at the past record, the teams announced, the venues and pitches they are most likely to prepare, the respective strategies the teams will adopt and finally the prediction.

Can Bazball survive Ashwin and Jadeja?

Can England survive with only Leach as a lone spinner?

Who will be India's wicketkeeper and 3rd spinner?

What kind of pitches should we expect?

India maintained its unbeaten status vs Afghanistan and also its unbeaten status at home. But how fruitful was the series for the T20 World Cup?

We outline 5 things we learnt ( & a few things we didn't learn) from this T20 Series.

How highly should we rate Rohit's ton? Why his 2 super-over performances were better than his 20 over performance?

What's the significance of Virat's innings in the 2nd match?

Did Yashasvi and Rinku book their slots in the XI? What about Shivam Dube?

What did India miss doing?

And finally - why did Rohit Sharma bat 3 times in the 3rd T20?

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are the two highest run getters in T20I cricket, However they haven't played in any T20I since India lost the 2022 World Cup Semi Final on 10th Nov 2022.

With the next T20 world cup barely 6 months away, selectors have decided to recall them both.

Is that the right call?

Do both or either deserve to be in the India T20I team for the World Cup?

Why are the media making so much furore?

What are the logic for wanting to move on from Rohit and Virat as per cricketing media?

Are the selectors really abandoning the path of youth?

Is Rohit and Kohli's recall going to adversely impact on India's T20I World Cup future?