India's Pujara dives to make his crease during the second day of the third Test vs England in Mohali yesterday. Pic/PTI

In the Test series against England, India have relied heavily on skipper Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara to get the bulk of the runs. But it is unfair to expect them to repeat it match after match. With an unsettled opening partnership and a hopelessly out-of-form Ajinkya Rahane, if either fails to get a big one, India are bound to struggle.

This is what happened at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Sunday. Kohli and Pujara failed to convert their half-centuries into big hundreds and that put India in a spot of bother before Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja revived the innings with an unbeaten partnership which could prove crucial in the context of the end result.