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[RoCo Da Pixie]

I'd love to know why India are so poor away from home?

Reason for this is that in India they play on flat tracks that turn from day one and can bowl two spinners for 70% of the opposition innings.

They go overseas and now they have to make sure their pace attack which is average at best * in comparison to other nations* bowl well. Look at Sharma, Opening bowler who averages near 38 with the ball, Zaheer Khan averages 33 and Shami averages just below 30

Those figures are not going to win a test match for you.

Look at Aus & SA their attacks are more potent for the majority of conditions they will face.

[Byo]

I'd love to know why India are so poor away from home?

Cos their seamers are average at best on conditions outside India, and the majority of their batsmen cannot cope with a moving ball in seamer friendly conditions....

[cesare_in]

If I were to put it- since pitches are flat most Indian batsmen always play front foot. Mostly not with a large stride but with weight on the front foot.

Basically batsmen need to look out for line and not length here in india. Once you travel abroad, the same technique becomes an issue with the ball bouncing and moving as well.

[Cedrictoad]

Horses for courses... why in football does the home team win more often than the away team?

Pitch conditions etc will play a part but I would suggest a large part of it is psychological.

[fros23]

4 draws and 10 defeats in their last 14 away tests for India. 

[cesare_in]

Feel its time to split captaincy for tests and other formats