Former England cricketer Geoff Boycott has criticized India for their lackadaisical preparations coming into England to play red-ball cricket under swinging conditions. India, despite being the top-ranked side in Tests, have failed miserably in England.

The Indian batsmen seemed clueless in their attempts to fathom the swing of the likes of James Anderson and were embarrassed at Lord’s with an innings defeat at the hands of the hosts.

Meanwhile, former England opener Geoff Boycott, who is known for being blunt, displayed his concern about Test cricket as teams dominate at home while fading away when playing on foreign shores.

“Test cricket is becoming a ridiculous mismatch with most teams winning at home and failing miserably abroad. India, the No 1 team in the world, have been awful in two tests,” he wrote in his column on Stuff.

“The whole point of playing cricket in different countries on different pitches and in different climatic conditions is to test your technique, character and ability to adapt.”

He then went on to state that the Indian team let the fans down with their poor sense of batting. He also reasoned that the Indian batsmen’s tendency to play on flat decks back at home has played an adverse role in their development.

“So far, the Indian players have let themselves and their supporters down. The batting has been so naive and irresponsible, it has bordered on stupidity. Wafting drives at tempting outswingers is thoughtless.

“These guys are used to batting on flat, dry, non-bouncing pitches in India and plundering easy runs. The new ball does not do much and the shine does not last long. Batsmen are king and can play lots of shots straight away.”