Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has warned Team India against making rank-turners in the IND vs ENG 2nd Test, starting on February 2 in Visakhapatnam.
While speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra pointed out Indian batters are not in good form and a turning square track could backfire.
“Don’t get overexcited that ‘we need turning pitches’ because your [Team India] batters are not in form. When batters are not in form, your spinners and their [England] spinners will be equally effective“, Chopra said.
The former India opener further emphasised that a rank turner will make Indian spinners and England spinners equally effective.
“They [English spinners] don’t have accuracy but how does it matter. Tom Hartley bowls like Bishan pa [Bedi] and Joe Root becomes Muttiah Muralitharan on those kind of tracks”, Aakash Chopra further added.
While Chopra acknowledged that a decent surface might allow England batters to go hammer and tongs, he suggested that playing Kuldeep might help counter that.
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“I do agree that England will score quick runs on decent surface. But can play Kuldeep [Yadav] and hope he can spin a web around the English batters. A good surface is I am hoping for but don’t know what India is thinking” Chopra concluded.
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