India may not be contemplating life after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli just yet but the robust display of their fringe players against England will have eased any fears about how they will cope when the old guard steps aside.
Kohli, 35, is not playing in the five-test series due to personal reasons, leaving Rohit, a year older, to juggle the captaincy with the burden of leading India's batting.
With Shreyas Iyer, 29, struggling to meet the demands of test cricket and 31-year-old K.L. Rahul battling fitness issues, India have been left wondering how to plug the gaping hole in the middle order.
