The series is out of bounds but Indian cricket is all set to enter a
new era under the feisty Virat Kohli, whose leadership would be put
through a trial by fire when the visitors seek redemption in the fourth
and final cricket Test against Australia starting on 6 January.
Down
0-2 in the series, India have already lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
after the third Test in Melbourne ended in a draw. Besides, India were
dealt quite a shock when skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni chose to quit Test
cricket altogether.
Virat Kohli, India's newest full-time Test captain. AP
This
led to Kohli's elevation as captain and it would be interesting to see
how the outspoken and flamboyant batsman, who has scored three hundreds
in the series so far, handles the pressure of leading the side and
salvage some pride in the series.
As such this is India's sixth
consecutive Test series loss playing overseas, a run that stretches back
to the England tour in 2011.
It is only the second time in their
long history that India have suffered such embarrassment —the first
stretching from their debut Test in England in 1932 to their maiden tour
of West Indies in 1955. However, when the first ball is bowled in
Sydney, future and not history will be on the visitors' mind.
