Reminder

After all the hullabaloo of the Bangalore defeat please remember that we are still a much better Test team than Pakistan. The fact that a drawn series feels like defeat is sufficient evidence to prove this. Also, we do not get whitewashed by Australia in 3 consecutive series like the Pakistanis do. In the last 5 series against Australia we have won 2 lost 2 and drawn 1 unlike the Pakis who who have lost all 5. In the last 2 years we are the only team to defeat Australia in a Test match let alone a series - and we have done it twice REPEAT: twice. No other team has come close. Since May 2002, we have lost only 2 series: repeat ONLY 2 - one to a very strong Australia and the other on pathetic wickets in New Zealand.

And to make it all official, we are still #3 on the ICC Test Rankings.

This is all in Test Cricket of course. In ODIs we are one of the worst teams around. So be prepared for the thrashing that is to come.