Ahead of the second ODI between India and England, veteran cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra has said that the limited opportunities to play international cricket would be a problem for the legendary players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. He also stated that there is a massive gap between the two ODI series, with each series generally consisting of only three games.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Rohit and Kohli, this will always be a problem for them because an ODI series is generally of three matches. There is a series, then there is nothing for two months, then there is a series, and then nothing for two months. Virat didn’t play against Afghanistan either. Rohit still played there.”

“So when will Virat’s next ODI series come? I think September. So that is a huge gap, and it keeps coming repeatedly. So you want to score runs. They generally don’t fail in the same match. They did in the previous match, but despite that, they have excellent numbers against England. You would want both of them to score the runs because this could be their last England tour,” he again shared.

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However, Aakash Chopra added that Shubman Gill is on the verge of winning his first ODI series as captain against a top team as well.

“Shubman Gill drew the series in his first assignment (as captain) against England. He scored more than 700 runs, and his performance was excellent. He has returned to face England once again. If he wins the series here, it will be his first win against top teams. He has won against Afghanistan, but lost against Australia and New Zealand as a captain,” he said. “The better thing than that is the way his bat is talking. In fact, it’s almost like Shubman Gill vs Joe Root. If we see this year’s ODI numbers, you will say Shubman Gill is talking to the sky, and if you see the last two years’ numbers, Joe Root has an average of 70. That is absolutely stellar,” Chopra shared again.

“Both these batters are incredible, and both scored runs in the previous match as well. Both didn’t score centuries, but both batted extremely well for their respective teams. The focus will be on them once again because they are batting like that. Let’s see what they do,” he concluded.