England vs India 2018: 3 questions that need to be answered by India

Indian bowlers' inability to close out the tail quickly

India's bowling attack

It’s been a long time since an Indian touring side has had this much variety and skill. Ishant Sharma is a transformed bowler after his stint with Sussex. After working on certain aspects of his game with coach Jason Gillespie, he has looked brilliant.

Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami have bought in their A games and despite being a little erratic at times, have always troubled the English batting line-up. Ravichandran Ashwin and Hardik Pandya also had their moments in the test series.

But what should worry the team management ahead of an important test series is the inability of this bowling attack to close out the innings quickly? The lower order of the England team have been prolific, or have they been made to look prolific?

Sam Curran (272 runs) and Jos Buttler (349 runs) have been instrumental in bailing their teams out of tight situations. They have batted tremendously well but it has got to be said that India’s bowlers let their guard down far too often allowing these batsmen to dominate proceedings.

This aspect of their game would need to be discussed in detail as despite having the bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin and Hardik Pandya who are more than capable of getting the tail-enders out quickly, it didn’t happen.