India, Nov. 29 -- The once formidable and almost invincible Indian team at home has seen that security rocked, as New Zealand and South Africa travelled to the subcontinent in consecutive years and blew the doors wide open in India's fortress. The record of five losses in five Test matches against this pair of things goes to show that there are a range of issues plaguing Gautam Gambhir's team and it's not an easy answer - but the starting point will certainly be the weaknesses that have popped up against spin bowling.

It's a difficult question to answer, and when posed with why India have had this kind of fall-off, the stand-in ODI captain KL Rahul didn't have too many answers in his press conference. However, he was happy to admit that ...