We went to England and Austrlia we got trashed 8-0. Now, we were suppossed to be destroy England on spin friendly surfaces. Well, unfortunately the English spin bowlers humuliated the Indian batting line up. Still we hear quotes such as this from Indian team members. We are still in a state of denial. This is quite ridiculous. Indian test team is on the wane and the first thing we need to do is accept this. Only then we can rebuild. For example, the opening partnership is not what it used to be. Sehwag and Gambhir are going through a very long lean patches. The Tendulkar is going through a low. Kohli is still finding his feet. Yuvraj's return to test cricket is more an emotional decision than a rational one. I do think Rahane, and Tiwary need to come into the team. If we are failing we rather fail with the younger batsman rather than have the older generation and fail. Gambhir is still not too old, Sehwag might have 2-3 years [i am not 100% sure on this]. But we need to prepare ourselves for a major rehaul in batting. The bolwing well - we lost Umesh Yadav and it affected us. The 3 spinner policy is a waste and we need to have 2 seamers. Of course, the fact that we dont have a half-decent second seamer. So, buckle up and be ready for some bad years on the Indian Test scene.
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