England vs India 2018: 4 Reasons why India lost the Test series vs England

#4 Improper team selection

Jadeja would have been a perfect folly for Ashwin under spinner friendly conditions in Southampton

Team selection has been one of Kohli's Achilles heel ever since his ascent to captaincy. Though Kohli has been in incredible form with the bat, he has often faced flak for his less than impressive team selection.

The Southampton Test was the first instance of Kohli playing the same XI in two consecutive Tests ever since he became the captain in December 2014.

His bizarre selection of the playing XI continued to haunt him as some poor choices led to India suffering yet another overseas defeat.

In the first Test at Edgbaston, Kohli decided to drop India's most reliable Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara and decided to go with Rahul in his place. The move backfired as Rahul was unable to translate his limited overs form into the Test arena.

India was unable to chase the target of 194 primarily because their batsmen, apart from Kohli, failed to prolong their stay at the crease and there were no solid partnerships. Pujara, with his ability to bat for long hours, could have made a difference to the result as Kohli failed to find a single partner who could bat with him for long hours.

In Lord's, under overcast conditions that were helpful for seam and swing, Kohli sprang yet another surprise as he dropped Umesh Yadav and instead went ahead with Kuldeep Yadav.

The move supremely backfired as Kuldeep bowled only nine overs in the entire match and was not of much use. An extra seamer would have helped India's cause.

In Southampton, despite the track having a lot of rough patches, Kohli decided to stick with Pandya instead of going in with an extra spinner in Jadeja.

Despite his heroics at Trent Bridge, the management could have introspected and included Jadeja as the second spinner. Ashwin's lack of form and fitness meant that India sorely missed Jadeja's services as India went down by 60 runs.