Former Indian Cricketer Indian commentator Aakash Chopra made a bold statement about the recent tendency of the Ranji trophy in progress 2024-25. He suggested that senior players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma only mark their presence without a true commitment.
The cricket point has continued to compare the current scenario with a “post of punishment”, while raising questions about how the internal cricket of India is appreciated by the elite stars. Recently, big names like Shreyas Iyer, Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave up Mumbai's crucial game against Meghalaya, after playing in the previous match against Jammu and Kashmir.
Aakash Chopra asks questions with Kohli, Rohit Sharm
On the other hand, Kl Rahul and Virat Kohli missed their respective TEAMS-Karnataka and Delhi's last game, but currently play in the last stage of the group in the Ranji trophy in progress 2024-25 against Honyana and the railways, in Bengaluru and Delhi respectively.
Kl Rahul (elbow lesion) and Kohli (neck stiffness) missed their last game due to injury problems, while Shreyas Iyer, Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal opted due to work volume management, and this theory is just From Aakash Chopra's understanding, because of Aakash Chopra's understanding.
In fact, he is concerned about this trend. In particular, Ravindra Jadeja regularly played for Sarashtra after returning from the Australian tournament, while Shubman Gill does not play in the matching match of Punjab with Bengal. However, Mohammed Siraj plays for Hyderabad against Vidarbha after jumping the last match due to managing the work volume.
Looks like a post of punishment: Aakash Chopra
Well, the commentator emphasized that Kohli turned with Sanjay Banggar earlier at Alibaug and was trying to solve his back and off-off problems. Chopra is happy that transfer is again in the Ranji trophy, but still believes that Indian stars treat the internal cricket as a “punishment task”, rather than a privilege to represent their state teams.
Aakash Chopra said on his youtube channel: “Shreyas, Rohit and Yashasvi all gave (Mumbai's mandatory match against Meghalaya). Finally, everyone has done the job of chips. Virat had not played (in the first match of the current Ranji trophy round), so he plays this match. Everyone else marked the presence.
What does he tell you? Well what he tells me is that he looks like a post of punishment. But the first -class cricket is not a punishment. It is certain that it is a privilege for the others they will play with you and it is a chance for you to find shape. “
The fight test becomes a concern for India
Chopra believes that it is an alarming sign that the test of India is declining and this is the main reason behind their failure to qualify for the final of the ICC World Testing Championship for the first time, after a rather disastrous running in season 2024/25.
The Indian Cricket team also lost the border trophy-Gavaskar 2024-25 for the first time in a 3-1 decade, but still more shocking was an embarrassing 3-0 washing in New Zealand. Now he is currently experiencing England in the White Balance seriesFollowed by the Champions Trophy 2025