Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has criticized Rohit Sharma’s captaincy in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. He also stated that the Indian captain had a defensive approach and didn’t use Jasprit Bumrah effectively against
Travis Head as well. However, India suffered a 10-wicket defeat in the second Test against Australia in Adelaide on Sunday, December 8.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “You are absolutely right, my friend. Did we bowl bouncers to Head? You have to bowl bouncers on Head’s head. Until we do that. he doesn’t get out and keeps troubling us. He has done that earlier and is doing it now also. He did that in the World Cup final and the WTC final as well.”
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“Jasprit Bumrah had bowled a four-over spell and had already picked up a wicket in that. So why did he bowl only four overs, and didn’t bowl after that at all? He didn’t bowl in the entire session. So you are 100 percent right when you say that you missed a trick in captaincy. Rohit’s captaincy – let’s call a spade a spade. We saw defensive captaincy. He allowed the match to drift,” he further added.
In the same video, Aakash Chopra also added that Rohit Sharma holds one of the most ignominious records for an Indian captain.
“I have brought another list as well – the most consecutive losses by an Indian captain. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi lost six consecutive matches in 1967. After that, Sachin Tendulkar in 1999, and if you come to the 21st century, MS Dhoni twice lost four consecutive matches, Virat Kohli lost four consecutive matches in 2020-21, and now Rohit Sharma has already lost four consecutive matches. He wasn’t the captain in the Perth match. So that win doesn’t count for him. If we leave the last century, it’s Dhoni, Kohli and Rohit, and the biggest concerning thing, which might not be with anyone else, is three consecutive losses at home. The captaincy has been a little lackluster,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
