Asked whether winning the series have become tougher for visiting teams in recent times, Taylor said it was difficult to pinpoint a reason for the prevailing trend.
"I don't know if there is one particular reason. If you referring to India, they are just a very good team and it is hard to beat them at home. In terms of overseas victory for us, we have not won a lot of series, we have won Tests overseas but series have been hard to come by. But that is the challenge of Test cricket. Hope we play good cricket here," said Taylor on eve of the team's three-day warm-up match against Mumbai at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
"The sweep shot is something that I played a lot at the start of my career, it is also something I tried to get away from, especially in Tests, but anytime you play in the sub-continent, you have have got to be able to play sweep or a cut shot.
"We have talked about it in the team sessions. But it is not everyone's strength to play sweep. For somebody like a Brendon (McCullum), it was not the sweep shot, it was the reverse sweep shot that he played with success to put the pressure back on the bowler.
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There is nothing new about teams taking advantage of home conditions, something that is likely to be seen in the upcoming series. To negate the advantage, is abolishing toss a good option?
"I played county cricket this summer (where there was no toss and visiting teams got to pick). I guess it was for teams to stop producing a favorable wicket.
"Everyone has been talking about the South Africa series (in India), the games were over pretty quickly. Once again it is not for me to speculate, what the wicket is going to be. They always do turn over here, whether it is day one day three.
On the aggressive brand of cricket India are displaying at the moment, Taylor said:"I think all teams are playing aggressive cricket. Anytime you play in India, it is a challenge.