Reasons for India's loss at Southampton

Indian Openers failed to click once again

Dhawan perished to ball moving away yet again

Indian openers were expected to provide a solid start as they had done in the third Test. They failed to click in both the innings. Rahul's perennial problem with the ball coming in continued as he became a sitting duck to an in-dipper from Broad. Though he was unlucky to be bowled in the second innings, he never looked in control in his short stay.

Dhawan has had his share of problems with the ball shaping away and he again perished to the same. With the openers getting out cheaply, there was way too much pressure on the middle-order to score the bulk of the runs. Moreover, India did not have the luxury of a strong lower order like the England.