It’s been a series to forget for the Indian team. Riding the crest of an 18-series winning streak at home, they have been cut to size by Tom Latham’s unassuming New Zealand, undone by seam in Bangalore and the accuracy and guile of left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner in Pune.

India’s famed batting line-up has been left in tatters. Except for the second innings in Bangalore, India’s batters have struggled to even bed in, let alone impose themselves. Tentativeness in footwork has led to a sequence of stunning collapses — 10 for 46 and seven for 54 with the second new ball in Bangalore, nine for 106 and six for 97 between lunch and tea in the second innings in Pune.