Back in 2011, a film called We Need to Talk About Kevin about a mother’s attempt to come to terms with her psychopathic son Kevin and the murders he committed made all the waves.

The year the film was made was also the year Ravichandran Ashwin made his Test debut after India returned from England. Since then, Ashwin has been in every Indian team that has toured England and every tour has raised the question, ‘We need to talk about Ashwin.’ This has been necessary because although he is India’s best spinner, Indian selectors have never had real faith that he could win them a Test in England. The Indian tours of England since 2011 have followed a very similar pattern.