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

4. Attack with the best available option:

If England’s strength is pace then they must have the tenacity to stick to their strengths. Playing a spinner who hasn’t quite proved his mettle at the highest level in place of a pacer only because the conditions suit spinners more than the pacers won’t be the best idea for the visitors.

All-rounder Ben Stokes who is not England’s premier bowler was the pick of the English bowlers during his five-wicket haul in the first innings of the Mohali Test. On a pitch where there was pretty less assistance for the pacers, Stokes bowled his heart out to finish with figures of 5/72. At times he looked much more threatening than a James Anderson or a Stuart Broad.

All the available spinners haven’t looked impressive enough and on pitches where the Indian spinners have created magic, they are unable to make an impact. Moeen Ali and Gareth Batty have gone for plenty in the series without getting much success.

On the other hand pacers like Stokes, Anderson and Broad have all bowled well. Keeping this in mind, the English team management must stick to their strengths and just go in with Adil Rashid as the spinner and bring in another pacer.