Former Indian player Aakash Chopra thinks Virat Kohli was unduly made a scapegoat for Team India’s disastrous T20 World Cup campaign the previous year. The Men in Blue couldn’t manage it to the knockouts and Kohli had to quit the white-ball captaincy soon after.
According to many faults that with Rohit Sharma leading the team, India would reign the Asia Cup in the UAE. Although, it is deja vu for the fans as they will have bad remembrances of Dubai once again, with India having before been knocked out of the Asia Cup with a Super four-game still to play.
According to Talk in a video on his Official YouTube channel on Thursday, Aakash Chopra clarified why captaincy was not the reason behind both these fiascos for the Men in Blue. He said:
“When we lost here last year, many said it was because of Virat Kohli and that they should change the captain. Now even Rohit Sharma couldn’t win here. So that shows that the team selection is the problem and not the captain.”
Chopra also told about the way Team India continues to raise eyebrows with some of the baffling selections in this year’s Asia Cup. He said:
“Last time you suddenly picked players out of the blue and left out Chahal. You opened with Ishan Kishan. And now you continue to do the same. You opened with Ishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, and Deepak Hooda, and now suddenly you don’t have DK the finisher at No. 7, and have just three (fast) bowling options.”
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Aakash Chopra on Team India’s modification against Afghanistan
However the match against Afghanistan on Thursday is a dead rubber with both squads knocked out, Aakash Chopra thinks the Men in Blue have a lot of matters to answer and set their balance better knowing and for all.
He Thinks the constant chopping and varying have hurt the team. On this, he stated:
“India might play Deepak Chahar and Axar Patel or Ravi Bishnoi. You need to play wicket-taking bowlers and play DK if you aren’t going to give Hooda any overs. There is a lack of clarity in the planning. We do so many changes looking at the opposition, but Sri Lanka and Pakistan have made just one change each and yet are in the final.”
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