5 things India must do to make a comeback in the series

#4 Get Steve Smith early

Smith scored a marvellous century in Pune(Image Courtesy: Reuters)

Dish out an Indian bowling attack and Steve Smith will absolutely devour it. In seven games played against India, the Australian captain has amassed more than a 1,000 runs at a staggering average of 88.83. In the process, he has racked up five hundreds and three fifties with a best score of 192.

To go with these impressive numbers, Smith will be bouyed by the fact that he managed to get a hundred on a rank turner against arguably two of the best spinners in world cricket at present.

It is not that the 27-year old is invincible. There are certain chinks in his armour that the Indian bowlers should look to exploit. For instance, he struggles against the moving ball, especially when it is pitched up outside the off-stump. This was a tactic that the English bowlers used to great effect during the 2015 Ashes.

Though India do not have the kind of seaming conditions that prevail in England, they do have bowlers like Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar who can move the ball both ways. In short, the Indian bowlers will have to find a way to tame their nemesis or else they run the risk of one man taking the series away from them.