IND vs WI: Virat Kohli Has Played Very Little And Missed More Games Of Late; Should Have Played ODIs Or T20Is vs West Indies – Aakash Chopra

Updated - 07 Aug 2022, 07:57 PM

Aakash Chopra
Aakash Chopra (Image Credits: Twitter)

Former India National Cricket Team opening batsman Aakash Chopra has opined that the former India National Cricket Team captain Virat Kohli, who has been going through a lean patch, should have participated in the ODI or T20I series against the West Indies National Cricket.

Star India batter Virat Kohli, who has smashed 70 international centuries, has struggled for runs in the past few months. In the recently concluded all-format tour of England, the 33-year-old registered scores of 11 & 20 in the Edgbaston Test, 1 and 11 in two T20Is, and 16 and 17 in two ODIs.

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Aakash Chopra (Image Credits: Twitter)
Aakash Chopra (Image Credits: Twitter)

Currently, Kohli is on a break as he has been rested for the entire West Indies tour as well as the Zimbabwe tour and he is expected to return to the side for the Asia Cup 2022, which will be held in UAE.

Speaking in a video shared on Jatin Sparu’s YouTube channel, Chopra observed that Kohli has played very few and missed a lot of games of late. He added that fans have to remind people of Kohli’s extraordinary numbers in international cricket because he has not been playing continuously and missing many games.

Virat Kohli (Image Credits: Twitter)
(Image Credits: Twitter)

“The problem is that you need to remind people of Virat’s numbers. This is because he has played very little and missed more games of late. Even Rohit and Suryakumar won’t score in every game. But since they play continuously, we remember the good knocks that they played.

“Virat walks into the team no doubt, but he should have played at least the ODIs or T20Is against the West Indies,” said Chopra on Jatin Sparu’s YouTube channel, as quoted by Crictracker.

I don’t understand the thinking behind sending him at the top – Aakash Chopra on Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav (Image Credits: Twitter)
(Image Credits: Twitter)

The cricketer-turned-commentator further questioned Indian management’s decision to promote Suryakumar Yadav to open the innings in the T20I series against West Indies and said that he should be slotted back to the no.4 position.

I don’t understand the thinking behind sending him at the top. Batting in the middle order is a bit difficult and he is also in form, so he has an understanding of that role. In T20Is and Tests, I feel positions are very important. Why don’t you send DK or Hardik at the top? Because they have a specified role, right? Then why not the same for Suryakumar Yadav?,” said Chopra

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