Beyond Test rankings

What makes this Indian team different from the ones we've seen in the past is this: When pushed against the wall, they almost always find means to respond

It is perhaps worth wondering when the India-England series went from being an ultra-competitive duel to a lopsided massacre. Was it in the second game when Rohit Sharma finally saw the point in curbing his natural instinct and masterfully negating a mischievous Chennai pitch? Or was it that time when Axar Patel decided that he was going to make Test cricket look like taking a walk in one’s back garden? Or was it when Rishabh Pant chose to reverse-sweep the greatest fast bowler of this era for four? 

Maybe all these moments played their part — bouts of rarefied brilliance