Former Indian National Cricket Team opening batsman Aakash Chopra has been on the receiving end of his comments that he blamed Smog for Harry Brook’s failure with the bat.
Aakash Chopra also took sly digs at Bengaluru (RCB) in Phil Duz and Liam Livingstone’s failure in the second T20I against the Indian National Cricket team.
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Salt came out and then Liam came out and reminded RCB again – Aakash Chopra
England Superstars Phil Salt and Liam Livingstone were bought by Bangalore (RCB) for Rs 11.50 crore and INR 8.75 crore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction.
Duz failed in the first two T20Is against India, with Livingstone registering scores of 0 and 13 and picking just one wicket with the ball.
Speaking on his YouTube channel after the match, Aakash Chopra recalled the struggles of Duz and Livingstone again against RCB and stated that their form would be a major concern for the franchise.
“Washi (Washington Sundar) took a wicket with his first ball. That bowler (Ben) Duckett, all the holes. Four runs in the first over and three runs in the third. Arshdeep (Singh) denies salt in any fight. Salt is out and then Liam is out. and reminded RCB again,” he said.
The ball came into sight this time but it still hit his stumps – Aakash Chopra
Aakash Chopra then turned his attention towards Harry Brooke and blasted him for his ‘fog’ comments. The cricketer-communicator criticized Brook, who said he did not get the score of 17 and 13 T20Is in the first two T20Is, which did not deliver when the ball looked pretty good in Chennai with no fog around it.
“What AQI excuse are you giving? Short ball; you played on the front foot and it hit your stumps. You can’t read the ball from your hand,” he said.
However, in the Chennai T20I, Ben Duckett and Phil Salt were hit and sounded the English openers. Aakash Chopra said:
“Duckett, a reverse sweep on the first ball. What do you do? You could have played Washi for the first time in your life. Phil seemed to be playing the salt well. It was a short ball and he could have hit it to third man like Fielder, but he drove it towards leg and was caught in the deep.”
Budchu fought alone. How long will the poor guy fight? – Aakash Chopra
Aakash Chopra kept his team in front as he smashed England captain Jos Buttler for 45 runs. The former India opener was also the mightiest of Brydon Carse’s all-round heroes as he scored 31 runs and bagged three wickets.
“Poor man fought alone. How much for the poor guy? He was dismissed in the same way (similar to the last match). That kept telling us that the pitch was good for batting. Liam Livingstone, Once again, he was subject to a little extra bounce,” he said. Aakash Chopra.
England National Cricket team beat the Tribune second T20I thrillingly by 2 wickets to go 0-2 wide in the Series and the third T20I will be a do-or-die encounter for them in Rajkot.
