India were 2-0 up going into the final Test in Mumbai against New Zealand last November. Whether having Jasprit Bumrah made any difference in that game can be debated till the end of time. However, citing workload management, he was given a break for the game, and India lost the Test match by 25 runs. For the first time in the history of the game, India was whitewashed in a two-match Test series on home soil. It is a feat neither Rohit Sharma nor Gautam Gambhir would have wanted in their CV as captain and Head Coach, respectively. Former Indian cricketer Varun Aaron predicted that, as the upcoming tour of the West Indies is coming after that dreadful series for India at home, neither Gambhir nor the new Indian skipper, Shubman Gill, would even want to get an inch or quarter to the visiting

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