Unbeaten since 2013: India look to continue envious home Tests run in battle vs world champions New Zealand

India have won 31 Tests and lost only 2 at home since the start of 2013, stitching a record-setting run of 13 successive series wins. New Zealand have arrived in India, looking to end a 33-year-long wait for a Test-match win in the Asian country.

As former coach Ravi Shastri envisaged, India's Test team managed to take the pitch out of the equation on a regular basis, notching up some memorable victories overseas over the last few years. For sure, India have become a better travelling team and that has overshadowed how dominant they have been at home in the last few years.

India take on New Zealand as they begin a home Test series for the first time in the new World Test Championship cycle. New Zealand are the reigning world Test champions and India don't have an array of stars, including captain Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah, for the series opener in Kanpur but the visiting captain Kane Williamson conceded that visitors are not favorites to win the series.