We preview the upcoming England v India Test series - that has had one of the most lukewarm build-ups in a time of Covid, The Olympics, and The Hundred.
It's a time of bio-bubbles, quarantines, injuries, mental health and player rotation. And hopefully some memorable cricket too.
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Talking Points

The new Covid normal in cricket's landscape
Separate teams for Tests and short-form cricket - the pros, the cons, and the economics
The constant existential threat facing Test cricket
How does one put a value to Test cricket?
Monetizing stories, memory, and legacies
Ben Stokes' absence and implications for mental health in cricket
India's recent history in England - with their last win coming in 2007
How 4-1 didn't tell the story of the close series in 2018
India's fast bowling attack maturing over the last three years
Bowling in England and New Zealand versus bowling elsewhere
India's selection quandary - in the light of the feeble lower order
Mayank Agarwal v Prithvi Shaw
The temptation to pick Shardul Thakur
England's thin top-order - and the wealth of seam bowling options
Predictions

Participants:
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
Ashoka (@ABVan)
Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)
Related:
Ken Barrington's demons -  Gideon Haigh - The Cricket Monthly
'I've found my love for the game in the last couple of years' - Abhinav Mukund interview - 81allout podcast
'It's ok to take a break, it's ok to speak up' - Abhinav Mukund column - cricbuzz.com
'It takes time to understand what makes you tick' - Aakash Chopra interview - 81allout podcast
Test of time - Wright Thompson - ESPN
India have a tailender problem - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo
The art of Bedi - Suresh Menon about his biography of Bishan Bedi - 81allout podcast