India vs Sri Lanka 2017: 5 reasons why India should have experimented

#1 Acclimatising to South African conditions

South Africa will not be easy

After having played largely in the sub-continent for the last 15 months, Indian cricketers need to now acclimatize to foreign conditions and both the selectors and the BCCI should realise that these players need maximum opportunities to get used to the fast and pacy conditions of South Africa to compete better when the Test starts.

Hence, many of these first-choice players could have flown across to the Rainbow nation and started their quest to conquer the frontier instead of wilting away in the series against Sri Lanka in home conditions.

Rest followed by astute practice would have been ideal for India to succeed not only in South Africa but other nations too.