India, Dec. 27 -- Roll the clock back two months. Just take your mind back to the Kolkata Test between India and South Africa at the Eden Gardens, where the hosts failed to chase down 124 in the final innings, losing the match inside two and a half days. Do you remember the talk around the 22 yards? It is still as fresh as a daisy. From every corner of the world, there was a conversation about the track not being ideal for Test cricket as it offered way too much assistance for the spinners by dishing up and down bounce right from ball number one.

The chatter is more or the same when Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh play Tests on home soil. On most occasions, the Test rarely extends into the fourth and fifth days. The World Test Champio...