The emergence of Manav Suthar as a potentially bankable spinner was the biggest takeaway from the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium, where India crushed Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs on Day Three of the one-off Test on Monday.

The retirement of R Ashwin nearly 18 months ago has left a gaping, 537 wickets-sized hole in the Test ranks. Ravindra Jadeja, the off-spinner’s long-standing partner-in-crime, is 37 and even though the left-arm spinner is among the fittest, it’s safe to say that he doesn’t have more than a couple of years, at best, left in him.