India, Jan. 23 -- It's times like these that you miss Ravi Shastri, the coach. With the Indian Test team in shambles under Gautam Gambhir, the mind harks back to the years between 2014 and 2021, when under the Shastri-Virat Kohli duo, the Indian team achieved some remarkable things. Beating Australia in Australia twice, winning the Test mace five straight years in a row, finishing runners-up in the 2017 Champions Trophy, reaching the semi-finals of the 2019 World Cup in a near spotless campaign, the memories are endless.

Once Shastri stepped down after spending seven gruelling years on the road, he forayed back into broadcasting, a role he has comfortably slipped back into. However, ahead of the T20 World Cup, the former India all-rounde...