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

81 All Out - A Cricket Podcast

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