Veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has added that Ajinkya Rahane’s failure to accelerate in between compromised the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) total in their match against the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH). However, Rahane scored a 30-ball 35 as CSK set SRH a 166-run target after being asked to bat first in Hyderabad on Friday, April 5 as well.
Reflecting on CSK’s innings in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said, “My first performer came in the form of Shivam Dube. How well he is batting. If a ball is in his range and whenever he hits the ball in the air, it goes into the stands. He is batting differently. He hits both fast bowlers and spinners. People are scared of bowling spin against him, that they shouldn’t give the ball to Shahbaz Ahmed or Mayank Markande because if he swung the bat, it would be a six for sure. The consistency with which he is hitting sixes, consider him for the T20 World Cup. The guy is batting very well.”
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Aakash Chopra also added that Shivam Dube was the Chennai Super Kings’ only positive on Friday. Chopra also added that Rahane virtually wanted to throw his wicket eventually. and he hit only two fours and a six during his 30-ball stay.
“At one stage, it seemed like he was trying to hit every ball as it wouldn’t have mattered even if he had gotten out, someone else would come, but he couldn’t possibly just carry on. So he got out in the end. My first performer came in the form of Shivam Dube. How well he is batting. If a ball is in his range and whenever he hits the ball in the air, it goes into the stands. He is batting differently. He hits both fast bowlers and spinners,” he said.
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“People are scared of bowling spin against him, that they shouldn’t give the ball to Shahbaz Ahmed or Mayank Markande because if he swung the bat, it would be a six for sure. The consistency with which he is hitting sixes, consider him for the T20 World Cup. The guy is batting very well,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
