In the series against South Africa, Team India is playing without Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. Rohit and Virat were rested and KL was ruled out of the series due to injury. He was given the captaincy of the team. The team led by Rishabh Pant is trailing 2-0 in the series. Meanwhile, former Team India opener Aakash Chopra has said that the Man in Blue has to bear the brunt of the absence of these three players.
Aakash Chopra said that the hosts are missing Rahul a lot and South Africa has also gained confidence after not seeing these three in the Men in Blue team. He also said that if Team India had won, no one would have felt the lack of these experienced batsmen. On his YouTube channel, Chopra said, “India is missing Rahul to a large extent. When opposition teams see names like Rahul, Rohit and Virat missing in India’s batting order, their confidence is of a different level. But when one team wins, nobody misses anything.”
Let us inform that the Proteas team played without Aiden Markram in both the matches and Quinton de Kock in the second match, but they won by seven wickets in one and 4 wickets in the other. Regarding this, Aakash Chopra said that the visiting team is not feeling less of its experienced players. Markram has got corona.
At the same time, Quinton de Kock got injured before the second match. Tristan Stubbs is also injured. Heinrich Klaasen took the responsibility of wicketkeeping and also played a brilliant innings of 81 runs. Regarding this, Aakash Chopra said, “No one is saying that South Africa is missing Aiden Markram or Quinton de Kock. The opposite would have happened had the team lost.”
Let us inform that the team led by Rishabh Pant is trailing 2-0 in the five-match T20I series. The team has to win all the three matches to win the series. If they lose even a single match, the team led by Temba Bavuma will claim the trophy. The third T20 match is to be played in Visakhapatnam today.