In this special episode of the 81allout podcast, we chat with journalist and author Bharat Sundaresan on his experiences of covering India's recent tour to Australia.
Bharat is a cricket reporter at cricbuzz.com and is the author of The Dhoni Touch: Unravelling the Enigma that is MS Dhoni
Talking points:

Covering a Test series in COVID times
Driving from one Australian state to the other, avoiding borders
The uncertainty over the venues and itinerary
Wearing masks in the press box
A distracted press box as India collapsed for 36 in Adelaide
The spate of injuries during the tour
A relatively muted Boxing Day
Ashwin's spell in Melbourne
Ajinkya Rahane's captaincy
Mohammad Siraj improving with every spell in Melbourne
Siraj reporting poor crowd behavior
Australia constantly threatening to break away... until India kept fighting back
The net session when Pant talked to his bruised arm
The Ravi Shastri effect on the youngster in the team
Ashwin's innings in the battling draw in Sydney
Vihari - the quiet achiever
Covering the Brisbane Test from a radio studio in Sydney
Australians convincing themselves of the Brisbane myth
All the talk of the weather in Brisbane
India putting themselves in a position to dictate terms on the final day
The emotional charge to victory

Participants:
Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07)
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@Sidvee)
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Related:
The unlikely script of the Gabba heist - Bharat Sundaresan - cricbuzz.com
Bruised but unbowed: India's mighty display of guts and gumption - Bharat Sundaresan - cricbuzz.com
The summer of Siraj - Bharat Sundaresan - cricbuzz.com
Washington Sundar: destiny's child - Bharat Sundaresan - cricbuzz.com
Rahane's personality-defining day out - Bharat Sundaresan - cricbuzz.com
Ashwin: The conscientious spin scientist - Bharat Sundaresan - cricbuzz.com
List of Bharat Sundaresan's cricbuzz columns