It is not often that India win a series in England and to have played it safe by not enforcing the follow-on was quite understandable.
The downslide of the Indian team started with the unsavoury manner in which Sourav Ganguly was ousted. Still, there are no excuses for our poor display in South Africa.
The only Indian skipper to return victorious from the Caribbean since 1971, Wadekar feels the current Indian unit has it in them to replicate the feat.
Commenting on the Indians' fear of failure, the former skipper says 'I think they are more concerned about the short memory and notorious behaviour of our fans than the partisan Pakistan crowd'
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