Former Indian batsman Aakash Chopra in his recent Youtube video has previewed the fourth Test between England and India to be played at The Oval. England won the third Test to draw level in the series and throw some major concerns for the Indian cricket team. The Indian team are expected to make some changes heading into the fourth Test.
Aakash Chopra highlighted that he has picked three players each for the two possible scenarios. He said that he has picked players if India bats first and England bats first as well. He started with picking three players if India bats first.
According to Chopra, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ollie Robinson are the players to watch out for of India bats first.
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“If India bats first, my three players who will do well, I am saying one will be Rohit Sharma, second will be Pujara and third will be Ollie Robinson.”
While Sharma is the leading Indian run-scorer, Pujara got a 91 in the first innings of the third Test. Robinson, on the other hand, picked a fifer in the previous match.
Chopra next picked a list of three players if England bats first at The Oval. Joe Root, Dawid Malan and Jasprit Bumrah were his picks this time around. Root has over 500 runs in the series, while Malan provides the solidity in the batting line-up. Bumrah has picked 14 wickets in the series so far at an impressive average of 20.07.
“If England gets to bat first, then Joe Root, Dawid Malan and Boom Boom Bumrah from the Indian side because there is some bounce on the pitch here.”
Chopra did not say anything about the debatable selection of Ravichandran Ashwin at The Oval.
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