Aakash Chopra Feels “Consistency Is Necessary” In The Selection In Indian Team
Published - 05 Feb 2022, 07:39 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:04 AM
The Cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra has opined that there is a lot of “inconsistency in selection” in the India National Cricket Team and the “consistency is necessary”.
Speaking on his YouTube channel Aakash Chopra highlighted that a lot of changes have been made to the Indian squad by the selectors in the recent past.
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He gave the example of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, where the selection committee made a lot of changes in the bowling department by dropping senior leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and adding Varun Chakravarthy and Rahul Chahar to the squad.
“There is a lot of inconsistency in selection. The selection style becomes different all of a sudden. After losing the 2019 WC semis, you prepare a team after plenty of white ball series for the T20 WC.
“Right when the team is ready, and the tournament is closing by, the thinking becomes like for example ‘Chahal cannot be selected, the bowls slow’,” he elaborated.
“But he has been bowling slow for the last two years, why is he not in the scheme of things now? Suddenly everything changes, Varun Chakravarthy and Rahul Chahar are selected and Deepak Chahar is ignored, R Ashwin comes out of nowhere. Honestly speaking, consistency is necessary.”
Kuldeep and Chahal should 100% play together – Aakash Chopra
Former Indian opening batsman Aakash Chopra opined that the wrist spin-duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, famously known as Kul-Cha, should play all three One Day International games against West Indies.
“Kuldeep and Chahal should 100% play together. So what [if] they once conceded runs once in Birmingham, everyone concedes sometime or the other. According to me if you’re making so many radical changes, then you don’t have trust in the selection. Now that Kuldeep and Chahal are included, play them together,” he said.
He added that a lot of spin bowlers have been picked for a three-match One Day International series against West Indies.
“Another trouble is that there are so many spinners for a three-match series. You’ve got Bishnoi and Sundar as well; who will Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma give the chances to? These two should play all the three ODIs together. Leg-spinners are a captain’s bowler, they need some trust,” Chopra further said.
Aakash Chopra further pinpointed that there is a lack of quality fast-bowling all-rounders in the Indian team. He added that Deepak Chahar and Shardul Thakur are not capable enough to replace Hardik Pandya, who has been struggling with fitness issues, in the Indian team.
“Don’t really know who will be India’s leading all-rounder after [Ravindra] Jadeja if Pandya has a lean IPL. Pandya is a one-of-a-kind player. No one has his batting ability,” he stated.
“Ahmedabad has picked him as their number one choice and made him captain despite not knowing whether he can bowl or not, that’s the kind of batting that he has. He can win games on his own with his batting itself. Don’t think there is a replacement for a batting all-rounder at the moment. He cannot be replaced by Chahar or Thakur.”
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