but it will certainly be the one that defines their legacy as put by captain kohli and coach shastri themselves before leaving for south africathe ramachandra guha resigned on an acrimonious note citing his displeasure with the coas way of functioning all i can say is that this will be a better indian team after the next 18 months said shastri at the predeparture press conference kohlis first big test was the fourmatch home series against australia in a highly productive year the undisputed low has to be the comprehensive loss against pakistan in the final of the champions trophy where india went in as the defending champions after an expected 333run hammering in the first match at pune india showed commendable character to win the highintensity series 21as is usually the case in an indiaaustralia contest emotions ran high and one a flareup took place when when touring captain steve smith was accused of cheating by the hosts for signaling the dressing room over a drs call conditions will be challenging but as ive said before these oneandahalf years will define indian cricket the tours of south africa england and australia the legend of virat kohli grew exponentially with his clinical decimation of rivals in a year during which the indian womens team finally found love and acceptance in the cricketcrazy nation after an emotionally charged world cup campaign while king kohli geared up for a watershed next 18 months after nine straight test series wins mostly at home the last six months witnessed mithali raj turn from womens cricket team captain into a brand india next dominated a struggling sri lanka in their own backyard winning the fullseries 90now it was time to return home and play much tougher teams like australia and new zealand in the shorter formats ajinkya rahane did well in his absence leading the team to an eight wicket win in a highpressure game with chinaman kuldeep yadav making a successful debut from england the team travelled to the west indies sans kumble and expectedly won the limited overs contest the men