Team India coach Ravi Shastri confident his men will dominate overseas as well
India will approach 2018 as the year to shed their “poor travellers” tag, head coach Ravi Shastri said ahead of the team’s tour of South Africa.
India top the Test rankings having sealed their record-equalling ninth consecutive series on Wednesday, six of which came at home and only one — against West Indies in the Caribbean — outside Asia.
Sterner Tests await Virat Kohli’s men next year when they also travel to England and Australia, where conditions will not be as conducive to their spinners as it is at home, and the moving ball will probe their batting technique.
“This team is looking good and they have their priorities in place. They’re hungry to prove themselves home and away,” Shastri told the Times of India newspaper. “It’s often been argued that India are poor travellers. We want to be the team that helped change this perception and this is the year to do it. Frankly, we’re not too hooked on to this ‘home and away’ thing, where a lot of chatter goes on about conditions that aren’t too familiar,” the former Test player added.
“For instance, once you’ve played a Test match in Kolkata, how long does it take before you play another Test …read more
