India, Dec. 20 -- Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar issued a plea to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) not to forget India's recent struggles in Tests amid the high success ratio in the white-ball formats. The hosts might have won the ODIs and T20Is comprehensively, but one mustn't forget that the side were whitewashed by the Proteas in the two-Test series, which marked India's second home series loss in a span of one year, having previously lost the series against New Zealand 0-3 last year.

Head coach Gautam Gambhir is already facing a lot of flak for India's dwindling returns in the longest format, as under his tenure, India lost the series against the Kiwis, Australia and South Africa. India were also not able to win...