Time for India to change public perception

India have failed to inspire the same hysteria in England that the Australians have, over the years writes Sandeep Dwivedi in the Indian Express. However it is time for the world's No.1 Test side to change public perception and add an air of intimidation around it.

The lack of an intimidating aura could be because of the historical baggage of India’s four winless decades while touring England since 1932, the year India got Test status. Plus the fact that the Indians, over the years, tend to pussyfoot into a land where the ball swings more than it spins and batsmen edge more than they middle too hasn’t helped. Mind games or pre-tour war of words hasn’t been the Indian skipper MS Dhoni’s style anyway.

But its time the Indians threw their weight and let their reputation check in much before they do. They have been the World No.1 Test team long enough and ODI World Champions recent enough to have an attitude that sees the meek surrender without a fight and the mighty grapple with self-doubt.