India vs England 2016: 5 things England must do to stage a comeback in the series

#4 Spinners will have to put in more on the ball

The onus lies on Adil Rashid

Before we discuss this, we must go back to 2012, when the English spinners outbowled their Indian counterparts by a fair margin. Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar used more of their bodies into the ball and thus derived much more assistance from the pitch.

The present spin contingent of Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid have not been able to derive as much from the surface or in the air. Ashwin and Jadeja have been more successful primarily because they have been able to fox the batsmen in the air through their dip, loop and drift.

Thus, the bottom-line is that the English spinners will have up the ante and impart more revolutions on the ball and should look to deceive the batsmen in the air and not just depend on the surfaces.