Former opener of Team India Aakash Chopra says Ravindra Jadeja needs to score runs as he is competing with Axar Patel.
Former opener of team India Aakash Chopra says Ravindra Jadeja needs to score runs as he is competing with Axar Patel for a place in India’s T20I side and that the former needs to contribute with the bat to retain his spot. The Men in Blue will face South Africa in the final T20I of a three-match series in Johannesburg on Thursday. Jadeja scored a 14-ball 19 and registered figures of 0/28 in 2.5 overs in the visitors’ five-wicket loss via the DLS method in the second game two days ago.
Previewing the third T20I in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra highlighted that the vice captain’s tag in the ongoing series might not help Jadeja hold on to his position going forward. He explained, “I will want Rinku Singh to score runs once again. Jitesh and Ravindra Jadeja should score runs. Jaddu needs to score runs because there is going to be a toss-up between Jaddu and Axar Patel, and it’s not that Axar is too far behind because he (Jadeja) is the vice captain.”
The former India opener added, “Vice-captain does not have any value these days because Shreyas Iyer was the vice captain. Before that, Ajinkya Rahane was the vice captain in tests. The selectors straightaway drop players these days. I don’t know how they do that.”
