5 Ways England can make a comeback in the ongoing Test series against India

The England cricket team is currently having a horrid time in India and have already surrendered a 2-0 unassailable lead to India in the 5-match series. Dreams of making a repeat of the 2012 series were shattered for Alastair Cook and his boys as they look to restore some of their lost pride in the 4th Test scheduled to be played in Mumbai from 8th December.

After a strong performance in the Rajkot Test, the England team has fallen apart and have been outplayed thoroughly in each and every department. Ben Stokes has been the standout performer for the visitors contributing with both bat and the ball. He scored a brilliant century in the Rajkot Test and followed it up with a five-wicket haul in the Mohali where the surface was not the best suited for seam bowling.

It will be an uphill task for the visitors to make a comeback from this situation but you cannot rule them out either. In their last tour of India, England won the series 2-1 after trailing 0-1 but back then they had two quality spinners in the form of Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar.

The English team is currently in Dubai to refresh their minds from the recent defeats and it won’t be a surprise if the move does help them. With less than four days left for the 4th Test in Mumbai to commence, we jot down 5 possible ways that how England can make a comeback in the Test series

1. Tackling the spinners better:

On Indian pitches, if you don’t have quality batsmen against the spinners then you are bound to struggle. Though the pitches in the last 3 Tests were not rank turners by any stress of imagination, but still the Indian spinners bowled accurately and bamboozled most in the English batting line-up.

Apart from Jonny Bairstow, none of them looked very comfortable against the spinners including the likes of Joe Root and Alastair Cook. Ashwin who has been getting wickets at will has been India’s trump card and has been very well supported by Ravindra Jadeja and newcomer Jayant Yadav.

If England does stand a chance in this series, then their batting against the spinners has to reach another level or else they will be steamrolled in the remaining two Tests as well.