India vs England 2016: 5 things England must do to stage a comeback in the series
The England Cricket Team finds itself in a corner in the ongoing Test series against the Indian Cricket Team. After having staged a fight in the first Test match in Rajkot, the Alastair Cook-led team has struggled to stay afloat in the remaining two matches.
The fact that the pitches which have been dished out are not rank turners is a testament to the fact that the visitors have crumbled under pressure and have failed to seize vital moments in the match.
Their struggles were such that even after winning a crucial toss in Mohali, their batsmen were not able to drive home the advantage and were rolled over in 4 days.
The selectors have responded and have roped in young players in the squad. Here in this list, we take a look at 5 ways in which the visitors could look to fight back in the fourth Test match and hence in the series.
#1 Gameplan against spin
If a team is in India, it has to expect a turning ball. There are no two ways about it and the surprise factor can no longer be held as an excuse. The England batsmen were spun out in Bangladesh by a young off-spinner Mehedi Hasan, and the pundits predicted that they would be blown away by the Indian spinners.
However, unlike in Bangladesh the pitches for this series have been neutral surfaces where the ball has not misbehaved at all. Despite this, the English batsmen have struggled to decipher the Indian spinners and have fallen prey to R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Jayant Yadav.
For them to stay afloat in the series, a proper game plan is needed and the batsmen will have to chalk out a plan to counter the spinners. Attack or defence, they will have to stick to their plans, but at the same time should be competent enough to adjust to the varying conditions.