Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has criticized England’s batting in the second T20I against India in Chennai. He added that Phil Salt and Liam Livingstone, both acquired by the RCB at the IPL 2025 auction, were found wanting once again as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, Washi (Washington Sundar) picked up a wicket with his first ball. The bucket (Ben) Duckett has got here seems to have all holes. Four runs in the first match and three in the second. Arshdeep (Singh) dismisses Salt in any case. Salt got out and then Liam got out, and I was reminded of RCB again,” he said.
“What AQI excuse do you give, the England guys should feel ashamed. Harry Brook said after the last match that he couldn’t see the ball due to smog. The ball was visible this time but it still hit his stumps. It was a short ball, you played on the front foot and it hit your stumps. You are unable to read the ball from the hand,” he again shared.
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“Duckett was playing a reverse sweep off the first ball. What are you doing? You might have played Washi for the first time in your life. It seemed like Phil Salt was playing well. It was a short ball and he could have hit it to third man as the fielder was in, but he dragged it to the leg side and was caught in the deep,” Chopra added.

However, Salt was caught at deep square leg off Arshdeep Singh’s bowling for four as well. Duckett tried to hit a reverse sweep off Washington Sundar’s bowling and was caught at point for three as well. In the same video, Aakash Chopra also applauded Jos Buttler (45 off 30) for his
fighting knock but stated that the England skipper and Liam Livingstone fell prey to catches in the deep due to extra bounce as well.
“Buttler kept fighting alone. How long will the poor guy fight? He too was dismissed identically (similar to the last match). He got out to extra bounce. That was constantly telling us that the pitch was good for batting. Liam Livingstone, once again, he too succumbed to a little extra bounce. Jamie Smith was playing well. He fell prey to Abhishek Sharma after hitting two sixes and a four. Brydon Carse actually changed the game. He scored 31 runs and might have scored 15 more runs if he hadn’t gotten run-out. He also picked up three wickets with the ball. He was very, very good,” Aakash Chopra concluded.