India overcome Bangladesh's stern spin challenge: Test series review

In the latest episode of the podcast we discuss India's 2-0 win in the Test series in Bangladesh.

Talking Points:

• India's close escape in the second Test in Mirpur


• Are Kohli and Rahul going through a bad patch or are they on the wane?


• Batting against spin with the new ball v old ball


• The challenges of playing fastish finger spin in the DRS era


• Axar Patel's deadly round-arm action - and why it is invaluable on these pitches


• Where R Ashwin stands v Kapil Dev in the allrounder stakes


• The non-selection of Kuldeep Yadav for the second Test - was it really shocking?

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Participants:

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview)

Ashoka (@ABVan)

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Related:

• Is the DRS a good thing? Yes if you're a fingerspinner, no if you're a left-hand batsman - Kartikeya Date - ESPNcricinfo


• Training the Hawk-Eye on Axar Patel: Angular, Anomalous - Himanish Ganjoo - Substack


• 'Phenomenal' Shreyas Iyer calms the panic down with assured batting - Sidharth Monga - ESPNcricinfo


• All-rounder Ashwin, second only to Richard Hadlee, rescues India again - VS Aravind - Sportstar


• Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Litton Das stride towards becoming Bangladesh's next batch of match-winners - Mohammad Isam - ESPNcricinfo