6 selection blunders by Virat Kohli in South Africa, England and Australia which cost India dearly

#5 Inclusion of Kuldeep Yadav in the Lord's Test in England

Yadav bowled just nine overs in the Lords Test

Lord's has traditionally been a wicket on the slower side, which helps spinners during the second half of a Test match. This prompted India to include another spin option in their squad in the form of Kuldeep Yadav.

However, the first day's play during the Lord's Test was completely washed out due to rain. Conditions were forecast to be cloudy over the next four days too, and since the toss took place on the second day India should have taken the changed conditions into account and dropped the idea of going in with an additional spinner.

But that was not to be. Kuldeep Yadav ended up bowling just nine overs in the match and India lost the Test by an innings.

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#4 Persisting with Dhawan and Rahul in spite of their inadequate technique as openers

Rahul has been at sea against quality bowling

Another area of concern with Kohli's team selection policies is his choice of openers. Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul both were given an extremely long rope in spite of their repeated failures.

It is quite evident that Kohli prefers attacking options rather than stable ones. Rahul and Dhawan are attacking players, but their technique as openers is questionable.

It is better to fail with youngsters rather than sticking with players who are not going anywhere, but Kohli chose otherwise and India are still paying the price of having players with inadequate technique and temperament at the top.