Our gamers could be challenged a bit of extra

Former India participant Aakash Chopra has questioned the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) for not scheduling pink-ball Assessments within the ongoing collection towards the West Indies. He famous that day-night Assessments could be barely aggressive and problem the Indian workforce extra.

India thrashed the West Indies by an innings and 140 runs within the first Take a look at of the two-match collection in Ahmedabad. The hosts declared their first innings at their in a single day rating of 448/5 on Saturday (October 4) and bowled the guests out for 146 of their second innings in simply 45.1 overs.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ the previous India opener puzzled why each Assessments towards the West Indies aren’t being performed with the pink ball, highlighting that it may need posed an even bigger problem for Shubman Gill and firm and ready them for such video games performed within the away collection towards Australia.

“Why do not we play pink-ball Take a look at matches? After we go to play the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, we play a pink-ball Take a look at match. We play in Adelaide and lose there. We play as a result of Australia get a whole lot of income from that. Nonetheless, we play one Take a look at in two or three years. Why can we play?” Chopra mentioned (1:40).

“Both do not play there, or if you’re enjoying there, play right here too. Each Take a look at matches ought to have been performed with the pink ball as a result of there is no such thing as a pleasure, competitors, contest, and talent stage. At the very least the opposing workforce may turn into barely aggressive. Our gamers could be challenged a bit of extra,” he added.

Aakash Chopra opined that India won’t ever host pink-ball Assessments if they do not play them towards the West Indies. He added that the BCCI ought to refuse to play day-night Assessments in Australia as properly in such a state of affairs.

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In the identical video, Aakash Chopra batted for a two-tier construction in Assessments, highlighting the absence of a contest within the first Take a look at between India and the West Indies.

“Make it two-tier – that has turn into my pet peeve now. If earlier than the match began, you say it might be over in two-and-a-half days, that the West Indies aren’t able to greater than that, and if it occurs like that on an excellent floor, the place you get out for 162 as soon as and 146 the second time, the place the Indian workforce misplaced solely 5 wickets and the opposing workforce misplaced 20, how are you going to say there ought to be a contest?” he mentioned (10:30).

The cricketer-turned-commentator added that he cannot complain if followers weren’t fascinated by watching the Ahmedabad Take a look at.

“Take a look at cricket is our most original format, which is performed over 5 days, the place the WTC has come and every thing has been executed, however can I complain if you’re not watching it? It is not your mistake. Do not watch, it is okay, as a result of nothing value watching is going on,” Chopra noticed.

To conclude, Aakash Chopra questioned the usual of cricket within the first Take a look at between India and the West Indies. He puzzled whether or not anybody ought to watch a contest the place one workforce is among the many finest on the earth and the opposite aspect performs club-level cricket.