One up with two to play makes you the favourite to win. Yet on the eve of the fourth Test in Southampton the India team, though 2-1 down in the series, seem the more settled. For the first time in Virat Kohli’s reign as captain he has indicated he intends to play the same side in consecutive Tests. Meanwhile England, despite their lead, remain a team in a state of flux.
This may not be desirable but it is not necessarily a bad thing. The blunt truth is no one can be sure whether they have the right personnel in the England team, how long they should persist with batsmen, young and old, who are not producing the goods and then there is still scope to debate what constitutes their best bowling attack. There is no disgrace in being a team in flux. The situation would be worse if the selectors rigidly stuck to the same names come what may, instead of searching and experimenting. But some solutions soon would be handy.
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