England vs India 2018: India's highs and lows from the Test series

Lows: Openers had a horror time

The Indian openers were not up to the mark

India had more than a great chance to win the first Test at Edgbaston when they had to chase down 194. But the familiar story of messing up the chase in the 4th innings of a Test outside Asia continued. In any chase, the start is the key and this is where India was terrible in this series.

The first three Tests saw three different opening combinations and all of them failed to give the team a solid start through the series. Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul and Murali Vijay could not get used to the swinging conditions and more often middle order was exposed quite early.

Apart from the final Test, India decided to play only five batsmen in order to accommodate an extra bowler. With a batsman short, the onus is on all the five to amass as many runs as possible but the team was clearly dependent on their captain Kohli.