Former India pacer Ashish Nehra is known to be a no-nonsense commentator and cricket pundit. Recently, Ashish Nehra interacted with former India opener, Aakash Chopra on his show ‘Aakash Vani’ amid the lockdown. During the same, the left-arm pacer disagreed with Kohli’s remarks on the relevancy of ODI’s.

After India’s 0-3 whitewash at the hands of New Zealand, The Indian skipper Virat Kohli made a controversial statement. He said, “…as I said one-day cricket in this calendar year is not as relevant like T20Is and Tests.” Responding to Kohli’s statement, Nehra felt it was a wrong thing done by the Indian skipper after losing that part of the series.

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Speaking with Aakash Chopra, Nehra said, “If you win and tell this it’s a different thing. It’s wrong to say that the year is for T20s and so we don’t care about 50-over matches…if it doesn’t matter then why did you even come to play? Are you trying to tell that the Indian team didn’t try to win those ODI matches against New Zealand? I don’t agree with Virat Kohli’s statement.”

Nehra also talked about Kohli’s progress as the captain of India. He feels that it is still a work in progress. “Virat Kohli as a player needs no recognition as his career graph tells the entire story. Kohli as a player has done amazingly well, in captaincy I still feel he is a work in progress. I can say he is a little bit impulsive captain,” he said.

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Nehra was also vocal about the fact that the current Indian team tinkers with the team combination quite often, Something that the pacer does not appreciate.

“It’s not like this Indian team can not reach there but I believe the core group is very important. A person gets confused after watching many dishes on the table and so it’s important to have fewer but better dishes,” Nehra made his displeasure clear.