Normally, Kohli prefers to go into a Test with five bowlers to ensure he has a chance of claiming 20 wickets. To strengthen the batting line-up, he went with four bowlers in this game, which included two seamers. On Friday, while struggling for a breakthrough, he gave the ball to opener Murali Vijay, who bowls off-spin. Batting coach Sanjay Bangar was asked if India had done the right thing by dropping one bowler. Last year, during the Test series against South Africa, where the wickets were below par, India shifted from the five-bowler plan in the first Test to four bowlers and an all-rounder in the second.

Source: Hindustan Times September 23, 2016 17:15 UTC