SA Tour: Bitter end to one of Team India's better years

Despite talk about doing well overseas, the reality is that it will take more time, and a concentrated effort -- and that includes making sporting wickets at home -- for Team India to perform......

Why Team India is dominant at home, but dominated abroad

Technical flaws go unnoticed when the team plays at home. On tour, the players become susceptible. The just-concluded England Test series, says Bikash Mohapatra, points to the fact that this Indian......

What Team India must do to save face in New Zealand

The venue for the second Test is the Basin Reserve in Wellington, traditionally a seamer-friendly ground. Considering the conditions, India needs to sacrifice a batsman to bolster the seam attack.......

Team India's younger lot must show more zeal

With Zaheer Khan and Gautam Gambhir recovering, Team India's injury problems have been taken care of for the time being. But that, says Bikash Mohapatra, is little to assuage the long term problems......

Complacency the cause of Team India's downfall

To save the fourth Test, and consequently a series whitewash, Team India doesn't need change, but commitment, says Bikash Mohapatra. The great Indian cricket dream is over. One that witnessed the......