Irrespective of the format, transition has been a constant theme for India’s men’s cricket team. But unlike the Test squad, the T20I side has fared much better despite three big retirements and a change in leadership after last year’s T20 World Cup triumph.

Ryan ten Doechate, India’s assistant coach, felt the Test squad has taken slightly longer than the T20Is due to bigger shoes to fill in. “I don’t really know how to answer that question. I haven’t noticed a big difference in myself. I wish I could tell you this is vastly different or that’s vastly different,” ten Doeschate said here on Thursday.

“We just maybe got a little bit more of a challenge and maybe a bit more of a bigger profile to fill in the guys who have been playing the red ball and the 50-over cricket in the last few years.”

Ten Doeschate was also relieved with Mohammed Shami having returned to the international arena after a 14-month injury break with a three-over outing in Rajkot. “I’m certainly very happy that he has come through his first game back in the Indian shirt unscathed,” he said.