Former India opener Aakash Chopra mentioned KL Rahul’s captaincy has room for lot of enchancment, including that South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma regarded extra proactive on the sphere through the first two matches of the continued ODI sequence within the Rainbow Nation.
Aakash Chopra’s feedback got here after India had been handed a 7-wicket defeat within the 2nd ODI of a 3-match sequence. The guests, who’re led by KL Rahul within the absence of full-time captain Rohit Sharma, have already conceded an unbeatable 2-0 lead.India did not chase a 297-run goal within the first ODI in Paarl and on Friday, they did not defend 287 on a used pitch on the Boland Park. India by no means had any management of the sport as South Africa cruised to the goal with 10 balls and seven wickets to spare.Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar had questioned KL Rahul’s captaincy earlier this week, saying he had run out of concepts when Bavuima and Rassie van der Dusssen had been concerned in a 204-run stand within the first ODI. Similarly, on Friday, Rahul was unable to interrupt the opening stand between Quinton de Kock and Janneman Malan because the duo added 132 runs, taking the sport away from India.”Work in progress. I say that because it might be unfair to compare him with Temba Bavuma but I can’t help myself because when you see Temba, he is also not someone who has led South Africa in ODI cricket for long. He is also a young captain in this format,” Chopra instructed Star Sports on Friday.”You saw him tactically superior. He was trying to break the game open from time to time. He was attacking with Tabraiz Shamsi. After the drinks break, he got his strike bowler back. He started with a spinner and sometimes didn’t. It looked a little more proactive,” he added.”On the other hand, R Ashwin and Yuzcvendra Chahal bowled only 4 overs in tandem in the 2nd ODI. 2 at the beginning and 2 when the game was already lost,” he added.’BOWLING UNIT NEEDS A SHAKEUP’Meanwhile, Aakash Chopra mentioned India’s bowling unit wants a shake-up after disappointing performances within the first 2 ODIs. Questions are requested of Bhuvnewshwar Kumar’s place within the aspect because the senior professional has regarded out of kinds within the 2 ODIs.It stays to be seen if India stick with Shardul Thakur as an all-rounder choice, contemplating how costly he has been within the ODIs. India have additionally not been in a position to strike within the middle-overs with R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal failing to trigger issues to the South Africa batters.”Looking very flat (blowing unit). The writing is on the wall that the bowling unit needs a shakeup. When you look at the bowling unit, you don’t have too many wicket-takers and if you don’t have wicket-takers, you can’t control an ODI game,” he added.India will likely be trying to keep away from a sequence sweep after they tackle South Africa within the third ODI in Cape Town on Sunday.
