Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra was quite critical of the English media and players. The Test at Perth ended in two days, but the rating given was very good by ICC referee similary the game in Melbourne also got over within a couple of days. Aakash Chopra noted that the narrative has been more concentrated around the techniques of the batters and not the pitches.
“When the match ended in Ahmedabad in two days, a BBC report said, ‘death of Test cricket.’ Here, they say it’s actually not bad, that two-day Test matches are also great. Hypocrisy much. Something there and something else here,” Chopra observed on his YouTube channel.
“I am talking about the hypocrisy. The match ended in two days in Perth. The ICC rates it a very good surface. The entire world says the pitch was good and that the batters’ technique has become bad. Then the same thing happened in Melbourne. The match ended in two days. There also they say the pitch was good, there was slightly more help, but the batters’ technique has become bad,” Chopra said.
“Ben Stokes spoke very diplomatically because these guys, when they are talking about each other, they are very diplomatic. He said that it was favoring one skill more. If it had been a rank turner in India, they would have said it’s like the death of Test cricket, and what sort of pitch it is? There also it is helping the spin-bowling skill a little more,” he added.
In the MCG Test, not even a single over of spin has been bowled. “Not even a single over of spin was bowled on the Melbourne ground, and the match got over. How is that right? If a Test match happens in India or in subcontinental conditions and a single over of fast bowling is not bowled, there is an uproar, but that’s not the case here,” he said.
