IND vs SA: If You Do A Man-To-Man Marking With The Opposing Team, India Was A Much Superior Team – Aakash Chopra

Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has opined that the Virat Kohli-led India were a “much superior” team than the Dean Elgar-led South Africa and the Test series defeat “is going to pinch” the Indian team.

Virat Kohli-led India lost the 3-match Test series against Dean Elgar-led South Africa by 1-2. India won the first match in a dominating manner by 113 runs at the SuperSport Park, Centurion. However, they faced two consecutive defeats against the hosts at the Wanderers, Johannesburg by 7 wickets and at the Newlands, Cape Town by 7 wickets.

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In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said that despite winning all the tosses India lost the series and they allowed the Proteas team to chase the 200+ runs targets easily. He asserted:

“If you do a man-to-man marking with the opposing team, India was a much superior team. You won all the tosses; you allow more than 200 runs to be chased in the fourth innings, that too easily. It means this loss is going to pinch.”

Chopra said that the 2018 Test series loss in South Africa had also hurt the team but he feels that was a contest between two evenly matched teams. He asserted:

“We won the first Test, conquered the Centurion fort, but after that loss at the Wanderers, (we) have now lost in Cape Town. The 2018 loss had hurt, but that was a contest between two evenly matched sides. Batting had let us down there also.”

South Africa will have to be praised because it is a young side – Aakash Chopra

The 44-year-old further added that the Proteas team deserve to get lauded for their performance. He elaborated:

“South Africa will have to be praised because it is a young side. It is a team against whom when you started playing, you felt that you start as favourites. When has it happened last time that you have gone to South Africa, England or Australia, where you said that you are the favourites to win, it happens very rarely.”

Cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra further mentioned that South Africa won the 2nd and 3rd Test against India in the absence of Quinton de Kock and Anrich Nortje. He said:

“But that was the case here because Anrich Nortje was not there; Quinton de Kock announces his retirement; it is a very young side where Keegan Petersen has played just two Tests before this, Rassie van der Dussen had not scored too many runs; Markram was already in and out. Your team looked much superior in batting, but it did not happen like that.”

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