New Zealand v India 2020: 3 tactics that India should have gone for in the Test series

#2 Playing 5 bowlers instead of 4

India's bowling was always second best to the Kiwis'

This is a point which didn't come up strongly before the start of the series. It is only because India lost so badly that the importance of having another bowler comes up. India's bowling was always second best to the hosts.

Maybe having Umesh Yadav in the first game or throwing a raw pacer in Navdeep Saini would have garnered some extra dimension the Indian bowling line-up, much like debutant Kyle Jamieson provided the Black Caps.

New Zealand always had Colin de Grandhomme as the fifth bowling option. It does two things, one, it gives much-needed breaks to the pacers and secondly provides a different sort of challenge for the batters. India missed the 5th bowling option big time. It is time for Virat Kohli to not just be aggressive with his captaincy but also be a bit bold much like he was in the Johannesburg test where he went all out with 5 pacers including Hardik Pandya.