Veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has added that India wouldn’t want to lose the third Test against New Zealand. He also shared that India have never lost a home Test series 0-3 and they wouldn’t want to create another infamous record in Gautam Gambhir’s short tenure as head coach so far as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ said, “It’s not a dead rubber. There are two things in this. Firstly, never have we ever lost a three-match home series 3-0. We were whitewashed once in a two-match series but it has never happened in a three-match series. We are on the threshold of that record as well. Don’t break it. Please win this match because WTC points are also involved. You will get 33% points (for the series) if you win this match. So many infamous records have already been created in Gautam Gambhir’s tenure. Then you say you don’t want to break any more records.”

In the same video, Aakash Chopra also added that Kane Williamson’s unavailability for the third Test might not worry New Zealand.

“No Kane, no gain. Is that true? I don’t know, because New Zealand are saying they don’t have any tension. Let’s be honest, if you see this team, it hurts as to what we are doing. Tom Latham was batting well in the last innings. He was struggling apart from that. Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra are playing well. Who apart from these three is looking very confident or assured?” he said.

“Will Young scores a few runs but not dominating. Glenn Phillips doesn’t look comfortable at all. Daryl Mitchell also looks very uncomfortable. Tom Blundell seemed like a walking wicket till the last innings. However, we have still lost two matches. If Kane had been there, we would have been slightly more worried, but how much more worried could we have been?” Aakash Chopra concluded.