“If we play on a bad pitch, their batting is far better equipped” -Aakash Chopra discusses India’s worries coming second Test against England.
Aakash Chopra discusses India’s worries coming into the second Test against England
Aakash Chopra is a cricket analyst, YouTuber, and former cricketer who represented India between 2003 and late 2004.
Chopra now works as a Hindi cricket pundit for Viacom18. He formerly wrote columns for ESPNcricinfo.
Aakash Chopra has urged India against creating a square turner for the second Test against England, claiming that visiting batsmen will perform better than the hosts in such conditions.
England defeated India by 28 runs in the first game of the five-match series in Hyderabad on Sunday, January 28. The second match will contested in Visakhapatnam on Friday, February 2.
In a video posted to his YouTube page, Chopra advised that India should not prepare a rank turner for the second Test.
The former India opener believes Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer’s lack of confidence will be magnified on a challenging surface.
Chopra stated that England’s bowlers will become as powerful as Indian spinners on a dust bowl. He mentioned that Tom Hartley went through the Indian batting order on the fourth day in Hyderabad.
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“It seems like we have gotten used to playing on rank turners”
The cricketer-turned-commentator used Jasprit Bumrah’s example to encourage India’s spinners to be more innovative.
Bumrah took 4/41 in 16.1 overs in England’s second innings. In contrast, the Indian spinners surrendered 331 runs and took six wickets in 79 overs in the visitors’ second innings on a spin-friendly pitch.