India in Australia 2011-12

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Re: India in Australia 2011-12

@GoldenAsif

One must check Pak facts before criticising India’s performance in Australia. India along with England and South Africa have done quite well in Australia during the last decade. I believe that the Pak team of the late 90s was more talented (esp. the bowling, the likes of the two W’s, Shoaib and Saqlain, batting incl. Inzi and Anwar was n’t bad either) than the one IK captained in the 80s but we still never produced the goods in Australia. Got thrashed 3-0 by the Aussies in 1999, infact lost 13 consecutive tests against them (not sure if it is already a record in bilateral series between established nations) before finally winning at Headingley last year to draw the two test series (1-1) in England

Australia were already in decline when we last toured there in 2009/10 yet we lost all three tests (infact all 9 games on tour..) As I said in another thread it is just very difficult to beat Australia in Australia (esp. for Pak)

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchListCountry.asp?A=PAK

What has Pak record got to do with the current performance of India? It is not that difficult to beat Aus in Aus as England and recently NZ has proved. India is supposed to be one of the best team around at the moment, so comparing them to Pak is not fair. If Pak loses to England in Dubai should we use the excuse that India lost to England so if Pak lost as well it is fine?