Former India player Aakash Chopra has said that the honours boards should be removed from English grounds if feats like centuries and five-wicket hauls are nonsensical as well. He also opined on why such a hue and cry was made about Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar declining Ben Stokes’ early draw offer as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “I agree with you totally. If you feel these milestones are nonsense, that they have no importance, it’s stat-padding, and what’s the point in the two Indian batters trying to score their centuries, I didn’t understand this England formula. If that’s the case, remove them (the honors boards).”

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“If you are so close to your milestone, and despite that, if they want you not to complete that milestone, is it nonsense that you celebrate so much? It’s not written on the honors board whether the hundred came in a winning or losing cause, or in the mandatory overs. Let us know if it is historic or not because you only invented this game,” he again added.

However, Aakash Chopra also opened up on the changed nature of pitches in England in the ongoing Test series.

“The pitches have become extremely flat. Manchester used to have bounce, but it’s no longer there. The ball used to seam in Headingley, but that’s no longer the case. The Oval used to be flat, and will remain flat. The Dukes ball hasn’t really helped the cause. Of course, it didn’t get deshaped that much in the previous match, but they don’t swing anymore. They also started bringing the boundaries in because they want to play Bazball. So many things are changing in Test cricket constantly,” Aakash Chopra concluded.