What can Team India learn from English Tours of the Past?

#2 Start Strong

Most Important Match of the Series? The First.

On the 4 tours in which India did not concede the Test series in England (1971, 1986, 2002, 2007), they lost the first Test Match in only one (2002). On the other hand, in the 13 Test series that they have lost, India have conceded the first Test on 12 occasions and have had to play catch up from the word go. The previous series, in 2014, is the only instance of India losing a series in England, despite not losing the first Test. So, India needs to start strong and then look to build on it.

The last time a team won a Test series in England, after losing the first Test? New Zealand in 1999.