5 reasons why India are struggling to win overseas Test series

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The top-order failure

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One of the main reasons for India's failure has been the form of the opening batsmen. Murali Vijay was the team's first-choice opener when India toured South Africa and England, thanks for his past performances in those conditions. By the end of India's tour of England, he was dropped from the side and was replaced by Prithvi Shaw.

His opening partners in both the tours, KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan were not great either as all three of them managed to score just one century among them in both the countries and that came off the bat of Rahul in his final innings in England. The openers failing meant that the middle-order batsmen walked out to bat under a lot of pressure and couldn't play their natural game.

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