Key issues Indian Test team needs to address

#4 Team Selection

That Kohli likes to select players on 'Horses for Courses' is a testimony to the fact that he is still to play the same eleven in his captaincy career. Ajinikya Rahane, India's most accomplished Test batsman overseas was a bench in favor of Rohit Sharma, who was coming off after scoring tons of runs against Sri Lanka at home. Rahane's exclusion was preposterous on two counts. Firstly on pitches as lively as the ones in this series, you need your most technically assured batsmen in your team and also because Rahane is India's best slip fielder and with a cordon as weak as India's his absence was felt even more. Rohit Sharma failed in the four innings he played and the slip cordon minus Rahane dropped a plethora of catches, most notable being Dhawan's drop off Maharaj in the first innings of Cape Town Test.

Kohli contradicted his theory with his second move when he controversially dropped India's hero with both bat and ball, Bhuvneshwar Kumar in favor of Ishant Sharma. Kumar's absence was immediately felt when India wasn't able to take early breakthroughs. Bhuvi made an instant impact when he was awarded Man of the Match in the following Test at the Wanderers.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar:-

Series Stats-

Matches: 2, Runs: 102, Batting Avg: 33.67, Wickets: 10, Bowling Average: 20.3

While 'Horses For Courses' theory is good but Virat Kohli and the team management going forward need to be consistent with team selection, especially when traveling overseas rather than chop and change every game, creating doubts in the minds of the players about their role in the side.