New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- England is down by 2-1 during the ongoing series against India away from home and while the Three Lions have given Men in Blue a lot of headaches with their highly-attacking, positive and result-oriented 'Bazball' approach as compared to other recent visiting teams, it is the poor show by the middle-order that has separated both the sides in what has been a very closely-fought series in other aspects.

During the course of the series, the top-order consisting of openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett and number three Ollie Pope have frustrated India and its star bowlers Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah. Indians have had to toil and earn their wickets after facing some serious counterat...