- Every visiting Test-playing nation to India pretty well knows that it’s well-nigh impossible to tame the host team in familiar home conditions. Team India has been unbeatable in the last 12 years at home since visiting England got the better of the home favorites. Die-hard cricket connoisseurs would remember how Australian champion skipper Steve Waugh once termed as a last frontier while desperately expressing the desire to conquer India at their own den. Gone are the days when Team India used to be considered beatable at home. The situation has altered so much that now Team India boasts of beating while travelling overseas with great elan. Team India is no longer considered poor travellers but a competitive outfit capable of bettering overseas teams.
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- Remember, Team India bested the Australian team twice consecutively while touring one of the most competitive and challenging terrains vis-à-vis Test cricket lending further credence to the much-improved cricketing performances of late. Of course, Team India has developed into an all-format entity endowed with some of the best talents in the world. Little wonder, Team India is bubbling with confidence to take on the might of every team irrespective of playing at home or overseas. The recently concluded two-Test series against less-than-competitive Bangladesh amply demonstrates how the Indian team is shaping up to deliver goods irrespective of time, weather, and conditions. The way Team India subdued Bangladesh is a treat to watch for sure.
- After a thumping victory in the Chennai Test, Team India’s complete annihilation of the visitors in the Kanpur Test speaks volumes about the way the hosts have traversed in upping their game. Kanpur saw almost three days of play being washed out because of incessant rains. But Team India still could best the visitors and the condition in two days by displaying attacking instincts is a treat to watch. With the advent of slam-bang T20 cricket, no longer Test cricket is associated with that dreary, meandering, and boring display of yore where draw used to be the norm. Present-day cricketers are not only more adventurous in showcasing their attacking instincts but are well prepared to take risks to ensure a result is the eventual outcome. Team India is not averse either.
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- That Team India could comprehensively beat the visiting Bangladesh in two days of Test match cricket is astounding. Yes, matches are won by the bowlers and Team India is blessed with some of the finest exponents of the game with such match winners like Jasprit Bumrah, Ravi Ashwin, and Ravindra Jadeja lining up to shoulder responsibilities. The complete domination of the home team was on display when the visitors were completely rolled over in all departments of the game. Mind you, Bangladesh visited India after blanking out Pakistan 2-0 at home. But Team India is playing and positioned at a different level counting among the very best in the business. Yes, if they sustain the same momentum, the elusive World Test Championship should be ours. Period.
