Team India is among the strongest teams in cricket history. When MS Dhoni was the captain of the Indian cricket team, it was a big thing to record a win against the Indian cricket team. Virat Kohli continued the legacy and made India one of the best Test teams of all time.
However, in the last two to three years, the Indian team has struggled a bit. They could not make it to the semifinals of the ICC T20 World Cup last year, and earlier this year, the Men in Blue crashed out of the Asia Cup in the Super Fours round itself. Fans should note that India started as the favorites to win both the tournaments.
It is important for a team to have a stable combination so that it can play with consistency. However, that thing has been missing. There have been a lot of the changes in the team, which has unsettled everyone a bit. While it was rare to see India losing to big teams earlier, today, the Indian team lost a match against a club team in Australia.
Here is the list of two such instances in Indian cricket history when a club team from outside India embarrassed them.
1. Western Australia defeated Team India by 36 runs
India have lost the practice match against Western Australia by 36 runs.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 13, 2022
Had India lost this match by a margin of five runs or less, not many fans would have questioned it. However, a 36-run defeat to Western Australia that too when the team had a majority of the stars who will play in the T20 World Cup is an alarming sign.
2. India got a follow-on against Durham
In 1952, India toured England. At that time, the Indians played a practice match against Durham. Unlike the current team, that team did not play cricket so regularly. Also, India had a bad record in English conditions. In that practice match, Durham scored 302/6d and then bowled India out for 156 runs, enforcing a follow-on.
