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Ruturaj Gaikwad’s support: Aakash Chopra’s comment

New Delhi. former indian cricketer Aakash Chopra by Ruturaj Gaikwad Has expressed support towards. He has clearly told the team management that Gaikwad should not be judged for his failures. It is important to note that Ruturaj is no longer playing the role in which he was scoring runs. In the first match of the three-match ODI series against South Africa, Gaikwad batted at the fourth position, but could score only 8 runs from 14 balls. This match was played in Ranchi, where he came in place of Shreyas Iyer due to injury.

Context of Gaikwad’s innings

Ruturaj Gaikwad’s innings ended when Dewald Brevis took a brilliant catch. Gaikwad, who has excelled in domestic cricket, failed in this match, but Aakash Chopra gave a statement in his support. He criticized the team management and said that Gaikwad is a top order batsman and he should not be judged in this situation. Chopra said that they should be given the right opportunities and if they fail, they should not be dropped from the team immediately as their main job is to open.

Aakash Chopra’s YouTube comment

Aakash Chopra said on his YouTube channel, “I can’t understand what is happening. Ruturaj Gaikwad has never batted at No. 4 in ODIs. When you send him in that position and he gets out caught by Dewald Brevis, it is not right. When he got out, I said he should be given three full chances. He should not be judged on the basis of failure. It is in the opening role that his true potential comes out.” Will come.”

Role of new players in the team

Chopra explained the absence of Rishabh Pant and washington beautiful Questions were also raised on giving priority to He said, “Rishabh Pant is a middle-order batsman who usually performs well at number 4 or 5, but still he was not selected. Instead, you give chances to players who have never played in those positions.”