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

#2 Lack of adequate warm-up matches

MS Dhoni did not quite believe in the importance of warm-up matches before away series

Poor scheduling has hampered the Indian team's preparations for important overseas tours. And this is a serious problem that needs to be taken care of. We often see the players land on foreign soil after playing lengthy home series and hence are unable to participate in proper warm-up matches.

If we look at the teams which perform well overseas, especially South Africa, their board provides the team ample time for preparation and does not burden the players with too many matches. BCCI needs to take a leaf from their book in order to get better results overseas.

However, the scheduling for the Test series in England was done in such a way that the team gets enough time to get acquainted to the conditions. India will play three limited-overs matches before they begin the Test series on Australian soil.