Warnie and his baked beans, Homeworkgate and Brett Lee’s Bollywood career – Australian cricketers certainly have their fair share of interesting moments in India.

Unfortunately though when it comes to the on field action the Aussies tend to struggle big time. Historically speaking the tour of India is the Australian team’s kryptonite.

The Aussies have gone to extreme lengths to acclimatise to the pitch and conditions in India. Who could forget Warnie getting Qantas to fly him 1,900 tins of baked beans in 1998 so he didn’t have to touch the local food.

Only in 2004 were the Aussies able to beat India on their home soil and it was a phenomenal performance.

Dest debutant at the time Michael Clarke proved to be an unexpected hero smashing 150 with the bat and picking up a ridiculous 6/9 with the ball.

Aside this series win, Brett Lee’s Indian music video is the only other big achievement an Aussie cricketer has had in India.

Since ‘You’re The One For Me’ it’s been all doom and gloom for the Aussies. The last time Australia toured India things got ugly with the home side winning the series in a 4-0 whitewash.

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting isn’t expecting anything different when Australia takes on India in late February.

“I think they’ll struggle. Every team that goes there struggles,” Ponting told Sky Sports Radio on Friday.

“It’s become harder and harder for visiting teams. They’re probably making wickets to suit them more than ever before. Even looking at what happened in Sri Lanka, whenever the Australian team tours the subcontinent, you’re guaranteed the wicket’s going to turn on day one of the game.”

by Michael T. Lynch – contributor