Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has added that Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja weren’t at their best in the second Test between India and New Zealand in Pune as well. He shared that the two spinners are ageing and that the team management and selectors will have to think of something else.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, said, “You believe spin is our strength. However, are we bowling spin well? That is another big question because we were outbowled. Of course, Washington Sundar changed the game totally. He bowled a few overs and picked up a lot of wickets. You say ‘brilliant’ when you see his performance. However, if Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin are playing together and don’t do that well, you start feeling, although Ravichandran Ashwin was the Player of the Series recently. He works his way out. However, the question is going to come very soon that there will be a transition for them as well. They are the aging spinners.”

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In the same video, Aakash Chopra also added that the replacements for Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja need to be groomed. Moreover, Kuldeep Yadav hasn’t been treated properly too as well.

“In such a scenario, I feel India are missing a trick. Ashwin will go first because he is more aged. Jadeja is fitter and younger as well. So he will stay for longer. You need to start grooming. You started giving a chance to Washington Sundar now but you didn’t do the right thing with Kuldeep. You are not preparing Kuldeep and he is that guy because modern-day batters surrender against such wrist spin. However, we are not playing him. We are not being honest with him in a sense. He is being sent for injury management although he is available for the Mumbai match,” Aakash Chopra concluded.