Coach Umesh Patwal (left) with Moeen Ali (right) and Adil Rashid during a party on November 3, 2016. Pic /Rajesh Shah

The year 2016 has been a major turnaround for England all-rounder Moeen Ali. At the start, his Test career hung in balance, failing as an opening batsman, with an average of just 14 in the UAE against Pakistan. The ball too was not one of his best friends, going at an economy rate of over four runs on the same tour.