Stocks like US Steel (X), which has fallen over 30% since its February high will bounce back with force, while gold and silver miners will track the metals to new highs.
It takes just a half-hour to fly to Bamiyan's provincial capital from Kabul, but to drive you bounce for at least eight hours on a bone-jarring dirt track.
Aside from an occasional lbw appeal, Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir seemed to acclimatise quickly to a Bangalore track that still looked full of runs - albeit with the odd bit of uneven bounce.