Kolkata, Aug. 6 -- In January, an India team with a multi-star cast lost the Test series in Australia 1-3 with skipper Rohit Sharma missing the first Test and sitting out of the last, Ravichandran Ashwin shocking the world by retiring midway, Jasprit Bumrah breaking down in the final game and Virat Kohli going off the boil after starting with a hundred in Perth. Seven months on, India have squared a series in England without Kohli, Sharma and Ashwin, the two wins coming in Tests not featuring Bumrah, one of them without Rishabh Pant as well, and amid a lot of criticism over a cautious selection strategy that denied Kuldeep Yadav a game. It was also a sensational coming of age for Shubman Gill, breaking Sunil Gavaskar's record of most runs b...