New Delhi: One of the toughest places to tour in the Test calendar, India has been a graveyard for visiting teams over the last few decades. The fact that the mighty Australian team hasn’t managed a series win on Indian soil in the previous two decades is the biggest example of the magnitude of the challenge.

However, New Zealand, with their remarkable 3-0 whitewash of India last year, have shown the way to the other teams how it’s done in Indian conditions. The Kiwis sent shockwaves across the cricketing world by becoming the first team in 12 years to defeat India in their backyard last year, ending the home side’s remarkable 18-series unbeaten run en route to a 3-0 whitewash.

It was a reality check for the Indian cricket team, which will take the field at home in red-ball cricket for

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