Former India opener Aakash Chopra lashed out at off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for not being artistic sufficient on the batting-friendly pitches as he has produced disappointing performances within the first two Tests towards England. Ashwin has picked 9 wickets in two Tests at a median of 36.33. He has not managed to get a four-wicket or a five-wicket haul within the sequence up to now. He has been outperformed as a spinner by England’s Tom Hartley, who has 14 wickets at a median of 24.57, together with a seven-wicket haul within the first check.
The 46-year-old stated that if the opposition assaults the bowler on the flat pitches then the bowler ought to need to be imaginative.
“I am with you, actually. If you play too much cricket on extreme spin-friendly pitches continuously, when you go to flat pitches and the opposing team suddenly comes with an aggressive mindset, you have to be more imaginative, which you expect,” Chopra asserted whereas speaking on his YouTube channel.
The cricketer-turned-commentator additional acknowledged that as Ashwin is on the verge of touching the five hundred mark so he has to grasp bowl on flat pitches.
“Ashwin is standing on the verge of 500 wickets. So you expect that he will understand and manage all these things. However, the truth is that the Ravi of Ravichandran Ashwin hasn’t risen in the series thus far. That’s probably a combination of being used to mostly playing on turning pitches and Bazball,” the right-hand batter added.
Meanwhile, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday introduced the squad for the remaining three Tests of the five-match sequence towards England, with star batter Virat Kohli set to overlook the remaining matches as properly because of private causes. Virat had earlier missed the primary two Tests. Now, his absence is prolonged to a few extra video games. His final look got here within the T20I sequence towards Afghanistan earlier in January.
Sarfaraz Khan and Rajat Patidar are a part of the sequence. The participation of batter KL Rahul and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is topic to their health, stated BCCI.
Mohammed Shami, who had missed the primary two Tests because of harm, continues to sit down out. Pacer Akash Deep has additionally been included within the squad.
The third Test will begin on February 15 in Rajkot whereas the fourth Test kickstarts in Ranchi on February 23 whereas the fifth and ultimate Test of the sequence shall be performed in Dharamsala from March 7. The sequence is presently stage 1-1. After a 28-run loss within the first Hyderabad Test, India received the second Test at Visakhapatnam by 106 runs.
Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KS Bharat (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep.
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