Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra said Yashasvi Jaiswal would be kicking himself as he lost his wicket to a predetermined shot in Team India’s first innings of the third Test against New Zealand in Mumbai. He also stated that the new generation will only learn once they make such mistakes as well.

During a discussion on Colors Cineplex, Chopra said, “You are going to get this with Gen-Win (the new generation). You have to assume that, because until you fall, and then get up after falling, you don’t learn. Was it required – no, it wasn’t. Would things have changed if he had hit a four – no, they wouldn’t have. If we are discussing this, he must be kicking himself, as to what he did. The story of the reverse sweep is that your shot was ready before the ball was released from the hand. It’s a predetermined shot,” the former India opener added.

However, in the same discussion, Aakash Chopra shared that Yashasvi Jaiswal might be questioning whether he should have played the shot a few minutes before Stumps as well.

“It’s not that you saw the ball and reacted. When you are ready for a predetermined shot, you definitely ask yourself the question that only 15 minutes were left, and it’s not that a good ball got him out, that he committed a mistake while reacting. At times, it happens while reacting, that you saw the ball, went for a drive and the ball wasn’t there. However, since you decided before the ball was bowled that you would play this shot, and then when it’s not executed properly, and you see a collapse happening, you feel even more sad that if only you had not played that shot,” Aakash Chopra concluded.