Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has said that the Indian team is unable to bat well in the first innings of Tests and for anything to improve, the team would first need to identify the problems. The famed Indian batting lineup has put out some shambolic performances over the past two months and that has reflected in India's results in the last five Tests.

Barring the second innings in Bengaluru and Perth, India's batting has suffered repeated collapses and that has led to four defeats in the last five games.

If the whitewash against New Zealand wasn't enough, the Adelaide defeat has raised even more questions about India's batting and has also affected their chances of qualifying for the World Test Championship final.

"India batters have performed only twice, only in the second innings, in the last few Tests. We are not able to bat in the first innings. In challenging conditions, we have suffered collapses one after another. In the last 5 Tests, India have scored runs only two times," Chopra said while speaking on his YouTube channel.

"The scope for improvement starts when you first start accepting that there is a problem. If you are not understanding the problem, then what are you going to improve? There is a problem with our batting. In the two times we have scored runs, the conditions were good for batting then," Chopra added.

Not even being able to score 200 across both innings is disappointing and India captain Rohit Sharma made no bones about it.

"When you come to Australia, I feel the best chance of winning a Test is by putting runs on the board. We knew that there would be challenges with that ball," Rohit said at the post-match press conference.

India will now play Australia in the third Test from Saturday, December 14 in Brisbane.

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