England vs India 2018: India's highs and lows from the Test series

Lows: Team selection goes awry

Some decisions made by the team management were baffling, to say the least

Ever since Virat Kohli has taken over the mantle of captaincy, he has insisted on playing five bowling options and that meant India were going against the usual six batsmen and four bowler theory.

While the ploy of playing five batsmen will work in sub-continent conditions, it is always risky in England because the new ball is bound to nick a few early wickets and in that case, the batting depth will be crucial for teams to post a competitive score.

This is where England had the edge as their middle order put on some valuable runs while India clearly missed the depth.

Some decisions made by the team management were baffling, to say the least. Even though Cheteshwar Pujara has not had a great time overseas, he was one of the players who have a tight defence but was left out of the first Test at Edgbaston.

On a green Lords wicket, India decided to play two spinners in Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav and in the end clearly missed an extra seamer.

The even more mysterious decision was not to play two spinners at Southampton where the wicket looked dry and even Virat Kohli said before the game that there will be help for spinners late into the game. England played two and the result went in their favour.