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Champions at home

But the cricket team has to improve its abysmal overseas record

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As India defeated Australia in the fourth Test match earlier this week, it not only wrested back the prestigious Border-Gavaskar Trophy but also accomplished a very rare feat — holding the rubber against all Test playing nations. Only two other teams have done so in the past — Australia and South Africa — and arguably, it is a measure of a team’s dominance over its rivals.
 
This achievement has come after a fabulous home season of 13 Test matches where India won 10, lost just one, and in the process notched up series wins against New Zealand, England, Bangladesh

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