3 statistics that reinforce India's dominance in Test cricket since 2016

#2 Best win-loss ratio - 2.875

Since the start of 2016, India has the best win-loss ratio - 2.875 - in Test cricket. Kohli's men have won 23 out of the 38 Test matches since 2016.

The Men in Blue have been clinical as far as playing in home conditions is concerned. The extent of their dominance can be gauged by the scorelines that they have inflicted on the sides that have come visiting: 3-0 vs New Zealand in 2016, 4-0 vs England in 2016, 2-1 vs Australia in 2017, one-off Test wins against Bangladesh (2017) and Afghanistan (2018), 1-0 vs Sri Lanka (2017) and 2-0 vs West Indies (2018).

Outside the comforts of home, India registered their first white-wash at the expense of Sri Lanka in 2017, won two Tests in the West Indies for the first time (2016) before scripting their maiden Test series win in Australia last summer.

The three years haven't been without disappointments though. Despite boasting of a lethal pace attack and probably the best Test middle-order in the world, India occasionally faltered when it mattered the most.

Insipid top-order batting, shoddy team selections and not to forget 'lack of preparedness' contributed towards India missing out on scripting history in South Africa and performing an encore of 1986 and 2007 in England in an otherwise fruitful period.