Key issues Indian Test team needs to address

#2 Playing a specialist Wicket keeper instead of a batsman who can keep.

It is often said and stressed that wicket-keeping is a specialist job and a player for the coveted spot should be chosen primarily for his keeping skills with batting being an added bonus. The success of Adam Gilchrist and MS Dhoni has revolutionized team management's thought process around the world, with wicket-keepers being looked up as a specialist batsman. The latter is justifiable but not at the cost of a compromise on wicket-keeping skills.

Though Saha, who had recorded 9 dismissals in the first Test and probably looked the only safe pair of hands behind the wicket, picked up an injury before the second Test, however it was no secret that India was flirting with the idea of playing Parthiv in the top order at the cost of Saha in a bid to strengthen their batting, evident by Parthiv's promotion at the top in the second innings of the Wanderer's Test. The move backfired significantly as Parthiv dropped a plethora of catches in the second Test and scoring 56 runs across four innings, and something India needs to wary off, as they can't afford their wicketkeeper to drop catches at crucial junctures of the game, come England and Australia.