India, Sept. 3 -- It's been exactly 30 days since Mohammed Siraj plucked out Gus Atkinson's off-stump to bowl India to a famous, series-levelling triumph at the Oval. A month is a long time in international cricket - an unusually long time too for the Indian team to be idle.

A scheduled tour of Bangladesh has been postponed to a later date, Sri Lanka's request to host a snappy white-ball faceoff was turned down. In a week's time, the Indians will back in action at the T20 Asia Cup, where Suryakumar Yadav's men will try to successfully defend the title won under Rohit Sharma in the 50-over continental bash in Colombo two years back.

The scramble for dollops of drama has manifested itself in the form of reports of various players making a...