South Africa vs India 2018: 5 reasons why India lost the Test series

#1 Lack of preparation

Poor Scheduling by the BCCI

The Indian team was playing in the T20Is against Sri Lanka only a week before the start of the first Test at Cape Town. Though Virat Kohli was rested for the tour, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah were involved in the ODIs and T20Is

South Africa is always a tough place to tour and it needs a lot of preparation. India did not play outside of the subcontinent in 2017 and went into an all-important series without playing a warm-up match. India have been been outplayed in the first two Tests and their lack of preparation was clearly evident, especially in the batting department.

When asked about the defeat, former Indian cricket team skipper Bishan Singh Bedi said,“There was no preparation. We wasted our time with the Sri Lankans. There was no sense in playing a weak team for one and a half month when we should be preparing for South Africa.”