5 things the 90s Indian cricket enthusiast will love about the present team

#5 More than a couple of wicket-taking bowlers

The Indians have a variety of bowlers

No great team was ever built with just one or two great batsmen and just one or two great bowlers. The best teams always have more than a couple of bowlers capable of dislodging top-order batsmen. India currently has several of them.

While they do boast of Ashwin, the ICC No.1 ranked bowler, Shami, Yadav and Jadeja are all lethal under a variety of conditions. Shami and Yadav have pace and natural swing and it was heartening to see them, like Michael Atherton later pointed out, out-swing the English bowlers.

Reverse swing can be a huge factor on tracks where there is very little lateral movement. Kohli has at his disposal a bench of bowlers who could pick wickets in a variety of conditions. Good problem to have!