India vs New Zealand 2016: 5 things the Kiwis must do to win the Test series

#2 Do not ignore fast bowlers

Faster bowlers such as Boult shouldn’t be ignored

Once cardinal mistake that visiting Test teams often make in India is pack the playing 11 with spinners. Specialist spinners, part-time, reluctant spinners, the works. It will be important to note that apart from Indian fast bowlers like Kapil Dev, Manoj Prabhakar and Javagal Srinath who have all won Tests on their own in India with their bowling.

Foreign fast bowlers like Richard Hadlee, Malcolm Marshall, Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Alan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Glenn McGrath and Dale Steyn have all had more than one successful Test performances here in the recent past.

Both conventional swing in the first hour of a Test match and reverse swing in the third session are known to deliver key breakthroughs in India. So resist temptations and stick to the old adage of playing your best wicket-taking bowlers.