India's Mr Wright

“That’s probably the biggest difference between the India side of today, and the combinations of previous years: the bowling,” he said. “It now has everything – pace, swing, left-arm variation, wrist-spin and finger-spin. When I was there things were just starting to turn but now you really see the difference.

“It used to be that the most successful Indian sides were renowned for their batting. These days the batting’s still strong but India have made huge gains in terms of the bowling. They’ve probably got the best attack in world cricket at the moment, when you think about it.

“And the good news is that the gain hasn’t come at the expense of the batting. Any side with VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir and Mahendra Singh Dhoni is going to run up some totals.”