Ex-cricketer Aakash Chopra doesn't want India to prepare rank-turners for England Tests
The former cricketer of India, Aakash Chopra, has urged India not to prepare rank-turners for the upcoming Test series against England, highlighting that it could even prove counterproductive.
The two teams are going to face each other in a five-test series, with the first game to be played in Hyderabad on Thursday, January 25. It needs to be seen if the hosts continue to prepare square-turners, as has been the case lately.
Previewing the series in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra wasn't in favor of Rohit Sharma and company preparing rank-turners. He said, “The match has a few big threads. The biggest thread is what the pitch should be. Should rank-turners be made? I am saying and have been saying for a long time—you lost the World Cup final also due to your obsession with the pitch. Preparing a pitch favoring you cost you the finals.”
He added, "You might say this is a different format. It's not about the format, but the habit. You become complacent. Just give one instruction to the curator: make a pitch that yields a result. It shouldn't be a road-like pitch."