My 20-month-old daughter fights back a lot more than the Indian team fought in the last three Tests if I take away her favourite candy. She'd get angry, won't mind hitting me and eventually start howling because something that's dear to her has been taken away. Unfortunately, the Indian team surrendered without even a glimpse of resistance, and that's what is irking the Indian fan, more than anything else.


A dejected Indian team looks on after the 1-3 series loss against England at the Oval in London on Sunday. Pic/AFP 

Most people believe that this 1-3 drubbing is a lot worse than the 0-4 whitewash in 2011 because of the nature of the last two defeats. On both occasions the team lost 20 wickets in less than 90 overs - that is getting out twice on the same day. Thankfully, it didn't happen on the same day of the Test match or else it would have been even more humiliating. But is it really as bad or worse than the 2011 debacle?