India, Dec. 24 -- How wonderful it must be to be able to summon Jasprit Bumrah when the team is in a spot, secure in the knowledge that the best bowler in the world will not let the captain or the side down?

How frustrating it must be to be able to summon only Jasprit Bumrah when the team is in a spot, not sure if the others will rise to the challenge?

Rohit Sharma is experiencing these highs and lows as we speak. This series ought to have been India vs Australia, India's pace attack vs the hosts' top-order batting. Instead, after three matches, it has devolved into Bumrah vs Australia. No two ways.

But while Bumrah has been the behemoth across both teams, with an extraordinary 21 wickets at the niggardly average of 10.90, and while th...