Published: Dec 09, 2024, 01:01 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 09, 2024, 04:54 PM (IST)
Australia completed a dominant 10-wicket win over India in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar series on Sunday. Following the heavy defeat, fans and experts questioned Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, who recorded his fourth consecutive Test loss as the skipper.
Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra wasn’t satisfied with Rohit’s ‘defensive’ captaincy and said that it allowed Australia to take control and take the match away from India. Chopra specifically questioned Rohit’s move of giving Jasprit Bumrah only 4 overs in the morning session before taking the pacer out of the attack.
“Jasprit Bumrah had bowled a four-over spell and had already picked up a wicket in that. So why did he bowl only four overs, and didn’t bowl after that at all? He didn’t bowl in the entire session. So you are 100 percent right when you say that you missed a trick in captaincy. Rohit’s captaincy – let’s call a spade a spade. We saw defensive captaincy. He allowed the match to drift,” Chopra said on his YouTube channel.
It took Australia just 2 days and a session to claw back and level the series at 1-1. It was a highly disappointing performance from India, who came into the match after defeating the Baggy Greens by a massive 295-run margin in the first Test in Perth.
The Men in Blue will definitely be looking to improv on their performance in the third Test of the series which will be played in Brisbane from December 14.
