We preview the upcoming three Test series between India and New Zealand - and also discuss England's win over Pakistan in the Test in Multan.  Talking Points: The India-New Zealand rivalry down the years New Zealand in transition - after the retirements of Boult and Wagner Rachin Ravindra's terrific 92 at Galle in the recent series v Sri Lanka New Zealand's reliance on part-timers to fill in some spin overs Should New Zealand play to their pace strength in Bangalore and Mumbai? The Pakistan-England Test and what it taught us about bowling in Test cricket The batting-centric nature of cricketing discourse and why that is problematic Would a team with a world-class bowling attack and 6 'average' batters win as much as a team with the same bowling attack and 6 great batters?  Participants: Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) Ashoka Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack| ESPNcricinfo Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd) * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buy books republished by 81allout: War Minus the Shooting by Mike Marqusee Cricket Beyond the Bazaar by Mike Coward The Summer Game by Gideon Haigh  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related: Will O'Rourke's Canterbury Tales - Deivarayan Muthu - ESPNcricinfo A freakish ten-for and good old Indian dominance - 81allout review of the India v New Zealand series in 2021 Two seamers or three? The big Black Caps question ahead of India tests -Andrew Voerman - Stuff.co.nz Why Pakistan Aren't Winning, And Why Batting Is Irrelevant In Test Cricket - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview Substack