Indian Australian White Wash 0-4

The recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Series opens many questions on Indian performance.  Overall with 8 innings of 4 Test matches, No batsman could able to score more than 300 runs.  Among the batsman, Kohli is the only person who scored 300 runs facing 579 balls with strike rate of 52%.   When considering the number of Balls faced, Kohli, Tendulkar and Dravid have faced more than 500 balls in 8 innings. 


Looking at the strike rate, we can clearly infer that Indian players are in rush to score runs and never want to be at crease for long time similar to T20 matches, which is the main reason for the recent devastating white wash in Australia.  BCCI should look into these criteria and should select team based on the situation and not on the names to save Indian Test Cricket

Data

Player	Runs Scored in Series	Balls faced in Series	Strike rate in Series
Gambhir	181	445	40.6741573
Sehwag	198	257	77.04280156
Dravid	194	551	35.20871143
Tendulkar	287	518	55.40540541
Laxman	155	390	39.74358974
Kohli	300	579	51.8134715
Dhoni*	102	177	57.62711864
Ashwin*	163	225	72.44444444
Khan	69	86	80.23255814
Sharma	33	140	23.57142857
Yadav	28	81	34.56790123
Kumar*	11	24	45.83333333
Saha*	38	114	33.33333333
*Not played in all 8 innings

Source:
http://scores.sify.com/match/scorecard/AUS_IND_DEC26_DEC30.shtml
http://scores.sify.com/match/scorecard/AUS_IND_JAN03_JAN07.shtml
http://scores.sify.com/match/scorecard/AUS_IND_JAN13_JAN17_2012.shtml
http://scores.sify.com/match/scorecard/AUS_IND_JAN24_JAN28_2012.shtml