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Aakash Chopra comments on Indian Test players’ Ranji Trophy failures
By SMCS - Jan 26, 2025 8:40 am
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Former cricketer Aakash Chopra has said that the Indian Test players’ failures in the ongoing round of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 made headlines. He opined on Mumbai’s struggles against Jammu and Kashmir despite having many international players in their lineup as well. However, Australia beat India 3-1 in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25, with the Indian team struggling in the batting department as well.

Rohit Sharma

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “The match was happening very close to my home. You might be thinking what am I talking about. I am talking about the Mumbai vs J&K match, and at the time of recording, Mumbai are struggling and how. The team has Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube and Shardul Thakur.”

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“They are a powerhouse, and J&K have jolted them in both innings. Everyone went to play in the Ranji Trophy, it’s only about Mumbai, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, and Rajat Patidar were playing, it was a long list, but whoever played, got out. It’s incredible. Runs aren’t being scored in the Ranji Trophy. It’s become a new story,” Chopra further added.

In the same video, Aakash Chopra also added that the Indian players’ performance in the Ranji Trophy won’t impact their Test form as well.

“The truth is that whether you score runs or not, it won’t make a difference to your career or Test form. The second part was probably more important than the first, that your Test form has nothing to do with it, as the next Test match is after five months. However, you need to score runs and take wickets. That’s what Ravindra Jadeja has done. He has done an incredible job. He scored runs and picked up wickets, but the others haven’t,” he added.

I saw Rohit’s visuals from both the first and second innings. Didn’t look very good. Yashasvi Jaiswal also got out in both innings. Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer and Shivam Dube too got out. Shardul scored a fifty in the first innings and was batting in the second innings at the time of recording. Shubman’s team got out for 55. Rishabh Pant has gotten out in both innings,” Aakash Chopra concluded.