Former India batsman and commentator Aakash Chopra rated Indian players’ performance in the WTC final. He wasn’t happy with the performance of Cheteshwar Pujara, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja.
New Zealand defeated India by 8 wickets to win the first-ever World Test Championship on Wednesday. Despite turning out impressive performances in the last 6-7 months, Team India looked off-color at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. They were completely outplayed by an excellent Kiwi side. The batsmen performed poorly while the bowlers also did not look at their sharpest in the all-important Test match.
“I will give Rohit 6/10. He got starts in both innings. I will say the glass is half full because Rohit saw off the new ball in both innings, the most difficult thing in SENA countries. He was opening for the first time in Test cricket in England, do not ever underestimate what Rohit Sharma has done,” Chopra said on his Youtube channel.
“Shubman Gill helped Rohit Sharma in the first innings but got out early in the second innings. Just 4/10, I was thinking 3 or 3.5 but four because he took a good catch of Ross Taylor diving to his right.”
“Cheteshwar Pujara, one he dropped a catch in the slips, not that it would have made a difference to the match. His batting in both innings, you expect more runs from Cheteshwar. In this game, I am going 2/10.”
“Virat Kohli 5/10 for the simple reason that the first innings was good but more was expected from him in the second innings. You will compare Kohli with Kane, and Kane did the job in both innings.”
Team India would look to shrug off the disappointment of the WTC and look to get back to their best when they take England in a five-match Test series.
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