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

#1 Regular batting collapses

The likes of Pujara and Rahane need to perform better away from home

A batting collapse can make a team lose a Test match in a single session. And what is worse, this problem has been quite repetitive for India at a time when they could least afford to.

For example, take a look at the batting collapses India have suffered only in 2014.

Against opposition teams of such high calibre at their home, such collapses are the last thing you want. More often than not, these batting collapses let India fall from positions of dominance to positions of despair.

The captain cannot do much when his top six get out for a combined tally of below 50 or his bottom eight below 80. Nor can the efforts of bowlers rescue the team from such situations.

It is not that the quality of batsmanship was below par. All of the top six have scored well in one match or the other. But they scored well in patches and not in tandem. Same trait has followed in the tours to South Africa and England in 2018.

India's chances of conquering the unconquered territories in cricket depend largely on the above mentioned factors. It will be interesting to see if India come out as the number one Test side at the end of the 2019 Australian tour or continue to squander another golden opportunity.