India vs Australia 2017: 5 reasons why India succumbed to a huge loss in Pune

#2 – Batting not quite convincing on turning tracks

Ajinkya Rahane has struggled to counter spin-friendly pitches

Over the years, Indian batsmen have been acknowledged as among the very best when it came to playing against quality spinners on turning tracks. The likes of Vijay Hazare, Gundappa Vishwanath, Sunil Gavaskar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman took on countless prominent spinners and left them gasping for breath with their decisive footwork.

Not to take anything away from their rich haul of Test victories, the current batting lineup’s ability to handle spin on viciously turning pitches very much remains a work in progress. While they have been using their vast array of shots to pile on the runs on surfaces not turning square, their unconvincing footwork came unstuck once again on conditions highly conducive to spin bowling.