Former India opener Aakash Chopra lashed out on the India administration for resting Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli within the second ODI towards the West Indies on the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday, July 29.

The Males in Blue paid a giant value for experimenting with their batting order, resulting in a six-wicket loss within the second ODI, ensuing within the three-match ODI sequence being levelled at 1–1.

Throughout his match assessment on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra reckoned that with the World Cup 2023 just some months away, this was not the perfect second to tinker with India’s batting lineup.

The previous India opener, now turned commentator, additionally lambasted India for taking the West Indies too calmly within the sequence. Right here what he mentioned:

“You may be questioning why Rohit and Kohli weren’t there. Was it as a result of the opposition group collapsed within the final match? The West Indies seemed extraordinarily extraordinary whereas batting first, so India thought they wouldn’t play their primary gamers. Let’s experiment a bit extra. May which were the rationale?”

“If that was the rationale, even when you might have gotten out in a single match, that your group will get bowled out for 150, such as you made 181 now. So ought to West Indies ask Shai Hope to relaxation as this Indian group may be very weak? That doesn’t actually lower it in my view as a result of the World Cup just isn’t too far,” he added.

Chopra additional questioned the logic behind resting Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to handle their workload. He identified that there have been few matches performed just lately, and India’s schedule main as much as the Asia Cup just isn’t notably packed as properly.

“The second level might be that gamers want relaxation, that a variety of cricket is going on and workload administration is required. The reality is that there was one match in June (the WTC remaining), two matches in July that lasted seven days, and one ODI match. So that you performed eight days of cricket total [in July].”

“There is no such thing as a ODI cricket in the complete August, besides the final match of this sequence, however I ponder why you’ll play the final match when you didn’t play this one. You didn’t bat within the first match in any case. You’ll straightaway play within the Asia Cup in September. So the workload just isn’t that a lot when you see it from that angle,” Chopra concluded.

Because the three-match sequence is now tied at 1–1, all eyes shall be on the Indian administration to see whether or not they stick with experimenting within the batting lineup for the third ODI or return to their unique order.