Bangladesh were supposed to give India a tough fight in red ball cricket.

On a manchester-esque pitch, 2/3rds of the 1st day done of the Chennai Test - all that was true. But then Ashwin and Jadeja - probably the greatest ever twosome allrounders ever in any test team became Batman and Robin and saved Gotham. Both achieved significant milestones.

Hasan Mahmud and Rishabh Pant sandwiched that Ashwin-Jadeja show to put their own claim of a dream run continuing.

Shakib al Hasan courted more controversies. India won a highly significant test which took its overall test wins higher than overall test defeats.

We look ahead to the 2nd test in Kanpur.

Afghanistan cracks the SENA code and we believe they are the 2nd best white ball team in Asia.

We look at Eng-Aus white ball tour and speculate if Travis Head is gearing up to open in red ball cricket.

For long the India vs Bangladesh rivalry has been the second most intense rivalry among Asian countries (after the Nagin rivalry). But this rivalry has been limited to white ball only. Now after the 2nd greatest ever 2 test series win for an Asian team, Bangladesh are confident for a red ball rivalry.

We invite Muntakim Romman from Dhaka to share his thoughts on the historic victory against Pakistan, the test ambitions of Bangladesh, the thorny issues of Hathurusinghe and Shakib al hasan. And we preview this pivotal series looking ahead to the probable starting XI, India's strategy, BD strategy, the return of the 2 Delhi prodigal sons, Ashwin's possible last test at Chennai and predictions.

FTPE returns with another season of podcast covering the India test season.

In this episode we speak about WT20 - India breaking its hoodoo, Australia and England falling flat, Afghans and West Indians switching places, the controversy of NY pitches and broadcasters hauling ICC for mismanaged tournament. Can a global tournament ignore the subcontinent viewers?

WTC was a long awaited tournament but it is deeply flawed. The flaws are so obvious that if not rectified it will render all WTC legacies void. We talk about various aspects of the WTC which needs to change.

We look at some of the brightest uncapped players from across the globe and predict our top bets for future debutant of the year.