#10YearChallenge: How the face of Indian cricket has changed in the last 10 years

Fitness levels and fielding standards

Indian cricketers have become fitter in recent times

The advent of T20I has ensured that the players are supremely fit at all times and on their toes while on the field. In today’s cricket, there is no place for an average fielder, however good he is as a batsman or as a bowler.

The players are put to a lot of fitness and fielding drills day in and day out. The Yo- yo test is now mandatory to every Indian player to test his stamina and endurance level.

The emergence of fearless Indian batsmen

Rishabh Pant

The IPL experience has set young Indian batsmen like Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal the confidence to be fearless in their batting approach. They are not overawed by the reputation of the bowlers as they go for their shots from the beginning of the innings.

The advent of wrist-spinners in white ball cricket

Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav

For so long, wrist-spinners have been considered as a luxury in white ball cricket. But the simultaneous influx of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal in Indian Cricket has made wrist-spin an attacking option in the middle overs. The wrist-spin twins have served India exceptionally well in the last two years.