India, Nov. 14 -- India lead the five match series 2-1, but they have also just slumped to a 244-run loss - their second biggest ODI defeat - in the fourth match on Friday.

Two days after a setback of that proportion, can India be called favourites to win the fifth ODI and notch their first ever away series win under Gautam Gambhir?

Any other venue would have probably quelled that talk. But at Mount Maunganui, where the pitch has consistently favoured fast bowlers, India could be left squirming.

This is exactly the conundrum Gambhir was probably firing warning shots about when sides were plundering 400 plus totals during the West Indies series at home last month.

"When you play in India, obviously you all know that there is hardly any...