3 frequent mistakes that Virat Kohli and India need to stop committing

#3: Elevating the fitness levels of Test bowlers

For a while, the Indian pace battery has been a little out of charge. Two of India's best bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, are more often out of the team due to some injury or the other.

In conditions favorable to fast bowlers, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav are just about handy. Ishant Sharma's inclusion in the team is a topic of debate despite his inconsistency, given the fact he comes with the experience of having played in the English county team of Sussex.

But Ishant never looked threatening in South Africa and his performance against England in the first innings of the first Test looked below par - with figures of 1/46 in 17 overs.

Although the new age yo-yo test is a determining parameter for a player’s selection, the test is only used to estimate an athlete’s aerobic capacity. Fast bowlers should be introduced to some advanced training methods that can provide them faster recovery time and also build their physical strength to the desired level.

Strength is an important criterion for fast bowlers to generate pace and keep injuries at bay, and that's something that is missing in the current Indian team.