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Fire in the belly
Raju Bharatan delves into history. And finds, in the 20-year-old words of one of India's best openers of all time, a startling insight into the problems besetting Tendulkar's men today

Eye of the Tiger
In 1968, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi saw his team go down, 4-0, to Australia. 22 years later, it is Sachin Tendulkar's turn. Then, there was, even in that whitewash, reason for optimism. Now, says Raju Bharatan, there is none.