Key issues Indian Test team needs to address

#5 Better pre-series preparation.

This issue engulfs not only Indian cricket but World cricket in general. In this day and age of constant cricket, the touring teams often come into the first Test of an overseas sojourn either having played no warm-up games like India did or playing against sub-standard oppositions on pitches completely different from what they get greeted with when the actual series starts, like England and Australia, do in their respective Ashes tours.

This issue needs to be addressed by the respective boards while deciding the itinerary of a Test series keeping at least two warm-up games before the first match and against First Class opposition. Ravi Shastri in the aftermath of the second Test loss admitted that 7-10 days of practice before the series would have made the difference, it is this key lesson that India needs to learn and implement for the coming tours of England and Australia.