Oval ball is in Dravid's court

August 8, 2007

Geoffrey Boycott's old jibe on Team India - "Like wine, they don't travel well" - is passe. The poor traveller tag does not apply anymore to a team that has won 16 away Tests in the new millennium, a figure second only to the champions Australia (26). Considering the fact that India won only 13 Tests abroad in the 20th century, the case for the defence of India against the charge of being a homesick bunch the moment they leave the country's shores rests.