Re: India in Australia 2011-12
**True other teams have beaten Aus in Aus. For us it looks well nigh impossible - have no good explanation for that!!
****A heavy loss will not be fine in tests since we are playing England in UAE & not in English conditions
**England are a better test team than us at the moment - batting has greater quality and depth + their pace bowling is better, we might have a slight edge in spin department - so I expect them to beat us (narrowly) in tests in UAE. We might win the ODIs
India lost 4-0 in England but I expect India to beat England in a test series in India i.e. England are good but they are not invincible like the dominant Windies or Aussies of the past. Look at what happened to England in India in ODIs right after dominating the same side in English conditions. I do realise that limited overs cricket is a different challenge altogether but still no one was expecting them to lose 5-0 in India (despite missing key players - Sachin and Sehwag)