IND VS SA: “It seemed he will get dropped” – Aakash Chopra lauds Avesh Khan’s spell in 4th India vs South Africa T20 game: Aakash Chopra lauded the Indian team management for sticking with Avesh Khan for the fourth ODI against South Africa.
Precisely, Avesh Khan’s India tour of the South Africa ODI series didn’t start on a great note. The pacer remained wicketless in the first three games of the series. Regardless of the pacer’s performance, the Indian side decided to stick with Avesh and tested him in the fourth game.
On that note, Avesh Khan did exactly what was expected of him. The pacer demonstrated his strength as he helped his side with four wickets giving off just eighteen runs of his four overs.
IND VS SA: Aakash Chopra lauds Avesh Khan
In analyzing last night’s game in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra was full of recognition for both Avesh Khan and the team’s management.
Aakash said, “Avesh made an entry in the series and the scenario changed. I was so happy for him. It seemed he will get dropped.”
“Kudos to the team management as well because they showed confidence in him. Return on investment, you got excellent returns with dividend on your investment in faith.”
Not just that, Aakash also hailed Rahul Dravid and Co. for showing faith in Avesh. Chopra defined, “We were all talking about just one change, you could replace Avesh with Arshdeep or Umran, but the team refused. You’d definitely be in line with Rahul Dravid, he (Avesh) did his job, picked up four wickets, three wickets.”
Cricket experts believed that Avesh should be replaced by Arshdeep Singh or Umran Malik in the India XI. Irrespective of common opinion, team India stick with their decision of picking Avesh to the squad.
Aakash Chopra speaks on Avesh Khan missing out on a 5-wicket haul
Chopra believes Avesh could have taken five wickets if he could have kept his emotions in check. Chopra explained that Avesh could have become the third Indian to get a five-wicket haul in T20Is after Deepak Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
“Only if he had not bowled those two bouncers. But, he just got too excited, he was bowling bouncers to Ngidi.”
Adding more to his opinion over the last game, the commentator-turned-cricketer examined Quinton de Kock’s run-out.
He said, “I didn’t understand Quinton de Kock’s run out. Temba Bavuma retired hurt and after that, wickets kept falling one after the other.”
