Aakash Chopra examines India’s performance following the defeat in Indore. India defeated by nine wickets in the third Test.
After winning two consecutive Tests in Nagpur and Delhi. Team India defeated by a nine-wicket margin in the third Test at Indore due to a weak batting effort. The Rohit Sharma-led team was on the back foot from the start and never looked like making a return as Nathan Lyon totally stole the show with an 11-wicket haul.
Former cricketer Aakash Chopra said in his analysis of India’s game that the batsmen lacked grit and that no one impressed him save Cheteshwar Pujara. Chopra please to see Umesh Yadav get three wickets and praised R Ashwin for grabbing three on Day 2.
“In the 3rd Test, India received victory from an unusual quarter. When Umesh Yadav grabbed three wickets and suddenly there was a feeling that they were in a decent position to avoid 150 runs on the board, thus Umesh Yadav helped them to draw back a little. He used reverse swings to get wickets, and then came Ravichandran Ashwin, who also got three. So, in order to win the match, they needed a good beginning, which they didn’t have. ” Chopra stated on JioCinema’s daily sports show AakashVani.
“Shubman Gill attempt a massive shot but caught on Nathan Lyon’s bowl. Rohit Sharma also exited, took a hit on his pads, and took the DRS with him. Cheteshwar Pujara came in and hit a tough fifty to help India take the lead; he maintained his own and played incredibly well, and if we look at both innings from the Indian perspective, it was all up to him. Virat Kohli bats next, knocks a six, but caught. The bottom order disintegrated, led by Shreyas Iyer, as wickets fell quickly one after the other. As a result, they lacked resilience in their team, which was critical,” he noted.
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Rohit has nailed the format and caught the nerve of the format: Aakash Chopra
More specifically, Chopra feels that Rohit Sharma’s batting in the longest version of the game has progressed tremendously and that he has grasped the format. The 45-year-old further noted that the Mumbai-born cricketer struggled at first to fit into the format but has evolved into a different player.
“The format of Test cricket, the DNA that it possesses, Rohit Sharma was seeking for it early. Formerly, he was a bit disoriented, and he used to hit early with his bat, but now he takes his time because he is comfortable in defense, and now he dictates his own flow, which has changed everything for him because he previously couldn’t comprehend the demand of the circumstance. But now he’s grasp the format and pick up the nerve of the format. ” Chopra continued.
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