5 reasons why India are struggling to win overseas Test series

Spinners failing to do the trick

Moeen Ali outperformed R Ashwin in the series in spite of playing three games less

Not long ago India had both their spin bowlers, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja as the world number 1 and 2 in Test cricket. So, a lot was expected of them when the team began their overseas sojourn.

R Ashwin played two matches in South Africa and was outbowled by the Proteas' spinner Keshav Maharaj. Against England, Ashwin got off to a good start as he picked seven wickets in the first Test and everyone assumed that his county experience is coming in handy for him.

A couple of Tests later, when the conditions were favourable for him at the Ageas Bowl, he was the least effective of the Indian bowlers while his English counterpart Moeen Ali ran away with the Man of the Match by taking nine wickets including a five-wicket haul.

He was later replaced by Ravindra Jadeja for the final Test and ended up picking seven wickets and scoring a fifty in the first innings of the Test.