5 Changes India needs to bring to win the series in Australia 

England v India: Specsavers 5th Test - Day Five
Virat Kohli's team can win in Australia but with few riders

#2 Get acclimatize to Australian pitches by playing few tour games

India Nets Session
Pujara during a net session

One important lesson learnt from the English tour is the fact that the visiting team should get used to the conditions before the horse is bolted. As Australian conditions are very different from Indian Conditions, it's imperative for the Indian side to play a sufficient number of tour games.

It's a positive sign that Indian team management has requested for few practice games before the first test, as India needs to stick to this old-school method of playing enough practice games before the start of the tour, because at times change is not a necessity.


#3 Indian batsmen should get ready to do some old school batting

England v India: Specsavers 5th Test - Day Two
England v India: Specsavers 5th Test - Day Two

Bred on T-20 cricket, a lot of players in the modern day Indian Test team find it difficult to get out of T-20 mindset when playing Test cricket. As a result, they play with inflated egos and don't give bowlers their due in testing conditions.

A perfect template for Test match batting is to give respect to bowlers during the initial period and then the whole day is yours to exploit. In T-20 cricket, wickets are flat and batsmen can attack bowlers from the word go, but in Test cricket, especially in overseas conditions, batting is difficult. One has to be patient and give bowlers due respect.

This is one aspect where Indian batsmen are found wanting and for inspiration, they don't have to look outside their team, They should watch some tapes of Kohli vs. Anderson battle. Kohli gave due respect to Anderson on the English tour and reaped rewards.

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