Former India cricketer turned commentator Aakash Chopra questioned the bowling combination despite the thrilling win in the second T20I against New Zealand. India won by four wickets and continued their winning run in the series. However, Aakash Chopra questioned why India didn’t play a lead spinner like Kuldeep Yadav or Varun Chakaravarthy.

“Why are we not playing more spinners? New Zealand showed us once again. It was a used surface, a big ground, big boundaries. Santner took four wickets. Our spinners bowled five overs today and did well. Why are we not playing an extra spinner then? We can rest one fast bowler and need to think a bit about this. We have both Varun and Kuldeep. This game was a chance to throw in another spinner,” he said in a video on his YouTube channel.

However, Aakash Chopra also opined on veteran India pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s comeback. Bhuvneshwar returned to the national team after four years.

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“I want to talk about Bhuvi’s comeback. He has bowled eight overs and has given almost 100 runs. From what we have seen so far, it looks like finding rhythm in international cricket is not easy or simple. It is a small sample size, so I am not going to call it yet. But is he actually back? If he is not going to be part of your ODI setup and keeps giving 50 runs like this, then you might have to look in another direction. This is one question now,” he concluded.