India, Nov. 3 -- There is every reason to admire India's formidable batting in white-ball cricket. One-dayers are not exactly a step-up from T20s, but given how they have clicked, upgrade the whole top order to Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill and it's a given that India's batting will continue to be top draw.

Take a cue from how India have bowled in T20S, though, and there is unease. Can India's ODI bowling be as effective as their batting?

There can be no easy answer to this. Partly because India have played only 33 ODIs since the 2023 ODI World Cup final in Ahmedabad, and partly because they have rarely played at full strength in all those matches. Still, some numbers could spook you.

In the 13 ODIs India have batted first...