India, July 11 -- The fifth T20I later today against England at The Ageas Bowl will bring an end to India's miserable tour of the United Kingdom. Their tour started on June 26 with the first T20I against Ireland, and ever since, it has been nothing but chaos for them.

While players are the easiest targets after such a debacle, the truth of the matter is that the BCCI is also to blame. The Indian players had no time to prepare for the ongoing tour. If these series were held somewhere in the sub-continent, it would have been okay, but the UK has totally different conditions. The pitches, the weather, the size of the boundaries, everything requires a different focus. India have historically struggled in England and needed to prepare well in...