Many questions did the rounds before and during India's tour to Australia right before the World Cup. Did it make sense to play four Test matches when the rest of the world was busy fine-tuning their ODI skills? Since most tours to Australia tend to be both physically and mentally exhausting, weren't the Indian players being spent even before they were to start the title defence?


Shikhar Dhawan 224 runs @ 74.66, Virat Kohli 186 runs @ 93.00, Ajinkya Rahane 79 runs @ 39.50 and Suresh Raina 80 runs @ 40.00 

Failure is a better teacher than success—yet, how much can you lose before completely losing the all-important self-belief? What about the injuries? What about the form or the lack of it for certain players? Would winning lead to peaking too early or losing too often mean not having any momentum at all?