NEW DELHI: "Lions at home and lambs abroad." This was the term used to describe the Indian Test cricket team for a long time. Team India was almost invincible at home but hardly won anything abroad.
"To win a Test match you need to take 20 wickets" - that is something we have heard multiple times over the years, with the likes of Steve Waugh making it a point to stress that it's the bowlers who win a team Test matches. It's not that India didn't have great fast bowlers earlier, but cricket is a team game and individual brilliance can make you win battles (small passages of play), but not the whole war.
