5 reasons why India shouldn't prepare rank turners going forward

The Nagpur pitch has kicked up a storm in the press and on social media, the matter having elicited strong polarised opinions. While some have strongly criticised the pitch as shameful, others have defended it in the name of home advantage.Kohli has strongly condemned the fuss about the pitch saying, "There are a lot of people writing a lot of things about the pitch. 'It should not be like this', or 'it is turning too much', people sitting somewhere else and speaking about the pitch in India. I think it is just a matter of mindset where people are just giving their opinions and they are free to do so. I don't feel that way, we have never complained when we had challenging conditions and won't complain in the future either."But despite Kohli's statement, it has to be conceded that the Nagpur pitch behaved outrageously at times and almost all batsmen found it tough to score runs.Here are 5 reasons why India should not produce rank turners like this pitch.  

#5 India will struggle in overseas conditions

India have been poor travellers historically and have struggled to replicate their home successes in overseas conditions. On fast, seaming wickets, it becomes a completely different ball game for the Indian batsmen as they find it difficult to adjust to the conditions.

The last away series that India won on fast, bouncy pitches was against New Zealand in 2007. The team back then still had the fab four of the batting order except Ganguly, which means that the current crop of Indian batsmen haven't found their mojo still in testing conditions.

India's heavy series losses in England and Australia last year showed how much ground the Indian batters need to cover. It is true that home advantage is possibly on the rise and great teams like South Africa also struggle in away conditions. But producing rank turners where spinners run through oppositions conveniently masks some of the bigger problems plaguing the Indian team at the moment.