Mumbai, Oct. 10 -- Not long ago, India bowling coach Bharat Arun, with captain Virat Kohli and head coach Ravi Shastri, had developed a potent pack of match-winning fast bowlers - Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Siraj. They helped battle fire with fire against the biggest of opponents - Australia, England and South Africa.

With the rare ability to take the pitch and conditions out of the equation, the pace group could consistently take 20 wickets.

Bumrah is fit and firing, Shami and Yadav are out of favour as they reach the end of their careers while Siraj, very much in the mix, has battled issues with his form.

This is a period of struggle for the Indian teams. In their last T...