India vs England: 5 areas Team India will need to work on heading to Rajkot
India bounced back in style in Visakhapatnam, leveling the Test series against England with a 106-run victory after suffering a shock 28-run loss in Hyderabad
The victory in Vizag however, doesn’t mean everything is gung-ho with the hosts, and the Indian team management will have identified a few areas of concern
For the Indian team to surge ahead of the Englishmen and preserve their home dominance, here are some of the areas they will need to work on
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill scored the lion’s share of runs collected by India in Vizag, with only one other batter crossing 40 in the entire Test, and the batting department needs more individuals standing up and getting those big scores
Seniors such as skipper Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer too have hit a lean patch of sorts, and will need to lead from the front and set an example for some of the younger members of the squad
The relatively inexperienced English spinners have somehow managed to outperform their fancied Indian counterparts, collecting 33 wickets to India’s 23, and this is where Ashwin and Co need to catch up
While Jasprit Bumrah has been outstanding in this series, Mohammed Siraj and Mukesh Kumar haven’t been as effective as the second seamer as Mohammed Shami usually is
India have also not shown enough consistency with their fielding in this series and have made some match-defining mistakes, such as Axar Patel dropping Ollie Pope in Hyderabad