India vs England 2016: 5 Takeaways for India from the Test series

#1 Don’t need turning tracks anymore

Jadeja and Ashwin tormented England’s batsmen on fairly docile pitches

Despite India winning Test series in Sri Lanka and West Indies recently, their status as the top-ranked team in the world was often linked with spin-friendly pitches at home. Adding to the noise was the fact that they had won all three tosses during their 3-0 triumph against New Zealand.

Both of those theories were laid to rest through their emphatic 4-0 conquest on pitches which did not offer much to the spinners. England won four tosses in this series and managed to put up 400-plus first-innings totals in three of those games. However, India absorbed scoreboard pressure relentlessly to respond with even bigger totals which ultimately propelled them towards victory.