India’s aura at home faded as they lost 4 of 6 Tests, undone by self-made turners that blunted Jasprit Bumrah-Mohammed Siraj and exposed their batters.

It’s official now – far from being invincible, India are actually vulnerable while playing at home. And much of it is of their own making.

It was unthinkable even 13 months ago that they would lose four of six matches in their own patch, to teams that arrived on these shores with tremendous apprehension, if not no little trepidation. Until October last year, New Zealand hadn’t won a Test on Indian soil for 24 years; they strutted off with a 3-0 sweep, making them the first side to win all matches in a series involving more than two Tests here.

Despite their status as the new World Test champions and despite their eight-wicket subjugati

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