What should Team India do to win the 5th Test?

#3 Change the team composition

Karun Nair deserves an opportunity

Ironically, in the fourth Test, the Indians went in with an unchanged side for the first time ever under Virat Kohl and got smacked. In the earlier 38 Test matches that Kohli had captained with different playing elevens, India had lost only 8 matches and won 22.

The last Test loss has necessitated some changes for the fifth Test. India would be better off dropping the out-of-form openers Rahul and Dhawan, the erratic wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant and the overrated all-rounder Hardik Pandya.

The following changes ought to be made

1. Prithvi Shaw in place of K.L. Rahul

2. Karun Nair for Shikhar Dhawan

3. Dinesh Karthik for Rishabh Pant

4. Ravindra Jadeja for Hardik Pandya.

The injury concerns to off-spinner R. Ashwin might lead to a forced change.

Dinesh Karthik could open with Prithvi Shaw to lend a better balance to the team.