India, Jan. 21 -- There is a changing trend in Indian cricket with regards to player selection ever since Gautam Gambhir has taken over as India coach. The strongest influence a cricket coach can have on a team's performance is by his choice of players, while selecting the Indian squad, and thereafter the playing XI. The selectors give much credence to what the coach desires in such matters.

In 2017 after losing to Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final India went from Ashwin and Jadeja as their frontline spinners to Chahal and Kuldeep, changing India's ODI trajectory in the right direction. It earned the spin pair the nickname 'Kulcha'.

India won 43 of their 60 ODI matches in this time before, in a state of panic, the immensely success...