“We have two kinds of problems” - Aakash Chopra reveals Team India’s major concerns in Test cricket

Former Indian cricketer and commentator Aakash Chopra has stated that the current Indian team has two biggest problems in the longest format of the game as they’re currently taking on England in the five-match Test series.

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Notably, Team India suffered a five-wicket defeat in the Leeds Test to start the five-match Test series on a worrying note. Interestingly, five centuries were scored by the Indian batters in the opening Test, but they still ended on the losing side.

Opening up after the defeat, Chopra stated that the major concerns for Team India are that the tailenders don’t bat and the top-order batters don’t bowl. However, he took up examples of South Africa having players like Jacques Kallis, Aiden Markram, and Wiaan Mulder, who bat up the order and bowl a lot of overs.

"We have two kinds of problems. Our tail doesn't bat, and our top order doesn't bowl. They should bowl a little at least. I am not saying that you need to give 15-odd overs, that you should have a player like Jacques Kallis, or like they (South Africa) are playing Wiaan Mulder at No. 3, or Aiden Markram is bowling a lot," Aakash Chopra said on his YouTube channel.

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"It will work out even if that's not the case. That's not something you need to focus on. However, you need a little bit of bowling at least because you get some balance, options, and choices with that. However, that doesn't happen because our batters don't bowl," he added.

Furthermore, a user asked Chopra if Axar Patel can take up the No.3 or No.6 spot in the Indian Test team. Included as a batting all-rounder in the Test team, Axar has 646 runs and 55 wickets in 14 Tests so far.

"I don't know which format you are talking about. If you are talking about Test cricket, he cannot play at No. 3. He shouldn't play at No. 6 as well. You have your proper batters till No. 6. So I won't go down that route," he stated.

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