England vs India 2018: 5 things that went wrong for India in the ODI series

#4 The over-dependence on the top order

India's top order has had a superb run in ODIs

It is always a happy headache to have when you have too many options to select a side but when your top order is this good, it can prove to be a double-edged sword. India have been a very good chasing side in the last two years thanks to the contributions from the top three in Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

In most games, one of them has played through to set the game up leaving little to be done by the middle order which seems to be weakening match by match. In the two games that India lost, both Dhawan and Kohli got starts but failed to convert which meant the vulnerable middle order was exposed once again.

It doesn't mean that the top order shouldn't be scoring the bulk of the runs but the team needs to be aware of the over-dependence on them and make sure they have enough confident batsmen in their ranks which can overcome the odd failure from the top order.