Veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has shared his views on Team India’s defeat in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 to their batting failure in both innings as well. He was also disappointed with their second-innings batting, saying that none of their players lasted even 50 balls as well. Notably, India suffered a 10-wicket defeat in the second Test against Australia in Adelaide on Sunday, December 8 as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Where did we go wrong? It’s a big question. The truth is that it was a batting failure, not once but twice. The decision to bat first was absolutely right. In the first innings when you got out for 180, you could have said that it happens. However, the second innings, the pitch had become flat now.”

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“There was some help in the first innings for sure. If you are not going to bat 80 overs across two innings in a Test match, that is the problem. There is not one person in the team who said he would play 80-100 balls. Not a single player played 50 balls. We are talking about 50 runs but no one played 50 balls,” Chopra added. “It wasn’t a pitch where you couldn’t have played 50 balls. It wasn’t a pitch where you couldn’t have survived for a slightly longer time. You have to bat at least one session without losing a wicket,” he again shared.

In the same video, Aakash Chopra also added that India’s middle order is not as good as everyone thinks when they lose early wickets as well.

“In the end, the Indian batting frailties were exposed once again. When wickets fall with the new ball, Virat Kohli is at No. 4, you are expecting a lot from Rishabh Pant but he hasn’t played a big knock so far in this series, and Rohit Sharma at No. 6, it’s not looking good. Our batting has let us down. That is the one big reason for India’s loss at Adelaide,” Aakash Chopra concluded.