New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- Following India's series loss to South Africa at home, former Indian all-rounder Madan Lal expressed his concern with the team's performance, pointing out that the longest format does not need all-rounders, but rather specialists with both bat and ball and said that the team has no one to blame but themselves.

After a whitewash to New Zealand last year, which marked India's first series loss at home in 12 years, India's supremacy at home received another big jolt as a cohesive, clinical World Test Championship-holding South African unit outclassed them in every department to hand the hosts their second whitewash loss in home Test series in two back-to-back years.

Speaking to ANI, Madan said, "It is a debacle, as th...