TRISTAN LAVALETTE

You sense something special is imminent for India, but we’ve been down this road before. They are ranked No.1 for Tests but a frustrating inability to consistently win overseas ensures some critics scoff at their lofty standing.
During a pivotal upcoming period, India can stamp themselves as clearly the best team in the world with breakthrough series victories in England and Australia. Long criticised for having a soft underbelly in foreign conditions, India have won just three series in the UK and embarrassingly lost seven of nine Tests in 2011 and 2014.
Even wor...