5 reasons for India's dire overseas record in recent times

#4 Letting the opposition off the hook

Brendon McCullum's marathon knock denied India at Wellington

During this period of poor overseas performances, most matches were such where India went on to lose or draw from where they should have won comfortably. Letting the opposition of the hook releases the pressure built on them and in fact transfers the pressure back to the Indians.

There have been numerous examples. Melbourne in 2011, Trent Bridge in 2011, Johannesburg in 2013, Wellington in 2014 are few instances where India's bowlers let go off some golden chances to drive home the advantage and grab the opposition by their neck.

Durban in 2014, Adelaide in 2014, Southampton in 2014, Centurion in 2018 and Birmingham in 2018 are some examples where Indian batsmen failed to take advantage of promising positions.

If they are to come out victorious on Australian soil, Kohli's troops need to make use of every opportunity and take advantage every time the opposition is in any kind of pressure.