ddb wrote:I feel like anyone could help India win in India such is the depth of players who can play in those conditions
There are very few with the qualities to play abroad and that's why the decision to drop Dhawan is pleasing
yep think at the moment india probably got their best ever team in asian conditions.
sadly all the other asian countries are shite at the moment so they not really getting tested in asian conditions but the depth in batting, bowling and lower order batting is insane in asia,
jheez having Ashwin, Jadeja batting at 8-9 or is insane, essentially india can always have 5-6 bowlers with 3 or 4 spinners if they wanted to in asia and still have batting till 9 or 10 because of Ashwin and Jadeja.
at the moment because of the depth india could really rest 4 or 5 players and it wouldn't make a difference they could probably beat a lot of international teams with their 2nd or 3rd team in india at the moment.
Don't really get the critisim of ishant or bhuvi/ bumrah missing the series either isn't like some *modded* player replacing them, Umesh yadav the dude that was in the first team last year and won the test series against Australia last year and Shami 2 very good fast bowlers.
looking at it bumrah, ishant and bhuvi were unlikely to play anyway india hardly ever play 3 fast bowlers in india especially now with 2 all rounders in jadeja and ashwin they often go 3+2 or 3+3 with pandya.
the fast bowlers should get a rest after a long workload in england and prepare for australia far better than them just being net bowlers in india and barely doing much bowling in the test matches.