India, Oct. 31 -- India have spent this T20I series against New Zealand looking beyond their first-choice bowling attack. Jasprit Bumrah rested; Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy kept out of the playing eleven; Axar Patel shouldering much of the spin responsibility; opportunities for Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Nitish Kumar Reddy, meanwhile, has been given the chance to establish himself as a seam-bowling allrounder. It has been an exercise in building options rather than chasing results, and the returns have been uneven. India won't mind that though, considering the series has been won in comprehensive fashion.

Arshdeep Singh, unsurprisingly, has emerged the clearest success. In a series where the bowling comb...