"We were extremely confident that they would come here to South Africa and make inroads into their batting," Bharat Arun asserted before the Pink ODI in Johannesburg. Being an Indian bowling coach has been a historically tough job to undertake but Arun finds himself at the helm with the bowling in the pinkest of health. He and his team will contest that the success shares a more causal relationship than a simple co-relation. But the naked facts have been there to see. On the tour of South Africa, India's bowling attack has captured all 60 wickets in the Tests and 28 of the 30 possible in the three ODIs so far.
INDIA TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA, 2018
India's bowling pool - A result of planning and providence

Jasprit Bumrah had last played a first-class game a year ago before making a surprise Test debut. © AFP
On the face of it, the guiding principles of setting up a bowling attack may appear fairly uncomplicated in this