On-field performances also began on a wrong note for India, losing their away two-match Test series against New Zealand 0-1 and the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series 0-4.
The team's form plummeted further in the Asia Cup final in Bangladesh and the subsequent Twenty20 World Cup, getting outplayed in the final by Sri Lanka.
The team's misery continued in its tour of England, losing both the Test and ODI series, 1-3.
India sought comfort at home against the West Indies and led 2-1 in the four-match ODI series when the touring side, embroiled in a payment dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the players union, called off the remainder of the tour with a Twenty20 and three Test matches still to be played.
India's tour of Australia also started off poorly with the visitors losing the first two Tests in the four-match series.
Still, there was something to cheer about as batsman Rohit Sharma's 264 in Kolkata against Sri Lanka became the highest individual score in an ODI.
