India, Nov. 12 -- Auqib Nabi was undoubtedly over the moon when he made his India debut. However, there was an element of surprise. Having taken 60 wickets during J&K's Ranji Trophy-winning campaign, Nabi was expecting to earn his India cap in Test cricket. He had received his maiden India call-up after Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the Sri Lanka Tests, but instead, the opportunity came later, in the home ODIs against West Indies. The same series in which batters had a blast, with both teams combining to amass 2109 runs across the three games.

Understandably, Nabi's India debut didn't quite go as desired as he bled 84 runs without taking a wicket. In between, he featured in the first unofficial Test between India A and New Zealand A, c...