Former India player Aakash Chopra said that Team India can stage a comeback in the ongoing first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru. He added that the hosts have immense batting depth as well.

During a discussion on Colors Cineplex, Chopra said, “When it happened in 2001, no one had thought until then that it could happen. What happened in Kanpur, we hadn’t thought that could happen as well. This match is on. I am not dreaming as of now but it’s a possibility. The 46-run innings has passed. The wicket is going to be good. The opposition bowlers who picked up 10 wickets won’t trouble you now. That’s past.”

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“Now the spin that will come will be Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra and Ajaz Patel. You should back yourselves. Even your No. 8 batter has six centuries. So if you play like that, you might score 400-450. However, to reach there, you have to stop them first because if they reach a situation where they can declare, India will lose this match,” Chopra further added.

In the same discussion, Aakash Chopra also added that India need to be disciplined with the ball as well.

“You will have to bowl with discipline because so many runs have been scored already. You want to keep them in check. They shouldn’t get easy runs. If you have to drag a little, do that as well. You will definitely see one thing in New Zealand’s batting, whenever they have played spin, the thinking has been to keep scoring runs, whether by playing reverse sweeps, sweeps or cuts. When batters are ready to do that, your responsibility is that the game shouldn’t move forward that quickly,” Aakash Chopra concluded.