Fourteen years ago, in 2007, not many exchanges took place between India captain Rahul Dravid and ‘nervous’ debutant Rohit Sharma in Belfast during the only ODI against Ireland. However, there will be many conversations between them from now on as they once again share dressing room space with Dravid as the new head coach and Rohit as the T20 captain for Team India.

Fatigue and playing in a tough bio-secure bubble due to COVID-19 have been cited as the main reasons for Team India’s debacle in the recently-concluded T20 World Cup in the UAE where the tournament ‘hosts’ failed to make it to the knockouts.