81 All Out

We review the Indian team over the last four years - the period since July 2017 when Ravi Shastri took over as head coach. Click here to support 81allout on Ko-Fi Talking Points: The significance of being a very good team in a competitive era The bowling depth in this era world-wide - which is superior to previous teams Irfan Pathan in the mid-2000s - and the first glimpse of picking five bowlers India's dominance over West Indies and Sri Lanka in the last decade The confidence to play four fast bowlers even if it meant weakening the batting India's phenomenal home record over the last decade The perception experiment with Atherton, Hussain and Stewart India's home conditions being more varied than conditions away The value of Bharat Arun - India's bowling coach The post-facto Vijay Shankar outrage The diffuse excellence of this Indian team - and the clamour for an ICC Trophy The Dhoni problem in the 2019 World Cup Participants: Karthik Krishnaswamy (@the_kk) Kartikeya Date (@cricketin