The 0-3 loss to New Zealand at home last year still haunts India head coach Gautam Gambhir and he also doesn’t want his players to forget that rare drubbing in Tests as they build for the future. The loss to New Zealand was India’s first series defeat in 12 years.

“If I am being honest, and speak from the heart, I don’t think that in my coaching tenure, I can ever forget that, and I should not forget that. I have told this to the boys as well, it is important to look forward, but sometimes it is also important to remember the past as well. “Everyone thought that we would roll over New Zealand. In that dressing room, we need to keep reminding that New Zealand happened,” Gambhir told JioHotstar.