India landed in Australia a couple of months ago proudly holding aloft the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. But when the squad returns home this week, it won’t have to fill out any customs declaration forms as India came out second best in the battle for supremacy between the best cricketing nation in the world versus the richest country in the sport of bat and ball.

Tough decisions might need to be made for India's slumping Test cricket team in desperate need of a reboot after falling away in Australia.

India's 3-1 defeat in Australia exposed the fragility of their top order, but equally unmissable was how much they rely on pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who gave it all until he broke down in the series finale in Sydney.