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BIZARRE: Refresh or reboot the question confronting indian test cricket - You Need To See This

Test India WTC Cricket Virat Kohli World Cup Hardik Pandya Jasprit Bumrah Rahul Dravid Rishabh Pant

Future-proofing essential: Given the demands of building squads capable of winning the 50-over and T20 World Cup as well as qualifying for the final of the 2023-25 WTC cycle, coach Rahul Dravid will have to sit down with senior players such as Virat Kohli to chart the way forward. | Photo credit: Getty Images

Game-changers: The side has missed Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant, who are on the comeback trail following an injury and an accident respectively. | Photo credit: Getty Images

Under whimsical English skies, Test cricket seems to echo that Keatsian line: a thing of beauty is a joy forever. John Keats may not have thought of the willow game while etching his poetic musings but there is no denying the visual aura of cricket’s longest format.

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