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File picture of Suryakumar Yadav from the India vs England T20I collection© AFP
Whereas India’s batting has come underneath scrutiny for failing to chase down 172 towards England within the third T20I, former Indian cricketer-turned-pundit Aakash Chopra has pinpointed an error that India captain Suryakumar Yadav made when India have been bowling. Having pinned down England to 147/9, led by Varun Chakravarthy’s five-wicket haul, India allowed England’s Tenth-wicket pair of Adil Rashid and Mark Wooden so as to add on an important 24 runs ultimately. This proved to be very important, as India ended up dropping by 26 runs.
Rashid and Wooden each added 10 runs every as England managed to bat out all the 20 overs regardless of dropping their ninth wicket with 17 extra balls nonetheless to go.
Chopra identified that pacer Mohammed Shami – making his return to India colors after 14 months – didn’t bowl his full quota of 4 overs. He stated that Suryakumar might’ve handed the ball to his veteran pacer to make sure that the opposition tail is bowled out.
“I feel Suryakumar Yadav missed a trick. Shami should have been bowled four overs,” Chopra acknowledged, talking on his YouTube channel.
“The captain didn’t give him the fourth over. He only gave him one over at the death. He had the option to give two. He could have done that because eight or nine wickets had already fallen. There was no pressure at the death,” Chopra reasoned.
Shami ended with figures of 0/25 in three overs, and was even warned by the umpire for bowling a beamer at Mark Wooden.
Chopra admitted that Shami seemed “rusty” and never fairly on top of things.
“There was a difference of almost 8-10 kph between 19 November 2023 and 28 January 2025. So it looked like he was slightly rusty. The parts will have to be made ready, then the vehicle will get warmed up and run fast. He wasn’t running very fast in the first over and it looked like it might take some time,” Chopra stated.
Shami was introduced into the taking part in XI instead of Arshdeep Singh, who was rested. He’s additionally a part of India’s squad for the upcoming three-match ODI collection and the Champions Trophy 2025.
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