Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has praised Washington Sundar for scoring a match-saving century in the fourth Test against England as well. However, he added that his role hasn’t been
properly defined yet.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Washington Sundar was promoted in the batting order. You wished Rishabh Pant wouldn’t have to bat. Now, it’s a big question actually, because when you talk about selection, what are you looking for, do you want a batter who can bowl, a bowler who can bat, what sort of role are you defining for a player? I still feel Washington Sundar’s role is not getting defined properly because Washi bowls very late and very little. However, he does well when he bowls. He picked up two wickets. He is a proper batter.”

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“We made a mistake. I don’t think he has the bowling skills of Ravichandran Ashwin at the moment. I don’t know whether he will develop into a bowler like that one day, but what he is doing right now is invaluable because he needed to do what he did. You remember the Gabba runs. Remember the Old Trafford runs as well,” he further added.

However, Aakash Chopra also stated that Washington Sundar would have to improve his bowling as he might compete with Ravindra Jadeja for the spin-bowling all-rounder’s spot in the playing XI as well.

“I hope he continues to grow into a phenomenal Test cricketer. I don’t have any doubts about his batting. He will have to keep adding more strings to his bow in bowling because at some stage a question will come. Only one of Jaddu and Sundar would be able to play, as you will need a bowler to pick up wickets. So, to get wickets, one of them might be sacrificed at some stage, away from home. Both might do a very good job in India, but away from home, he will have to pick more wickets. He has done well in this series, and I hope it continues,” Aakash Chopra concluded.