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India’s woes against spin, tactics cost series against New Zealand

Minutes after New Zealand had silenced the nearly 20,000 India supporters in the Wankhede Stadium, the ground staff brought out the sprinklers. One couldn’t but feel an irony in that, considering that the home side had summoned yet another dry, turning pitch to try and transform their fortunes in the series. India’s fourth-innings batting capitulation for 121 runs in the final Test was damning evidence of how wrong it had all gone.