‘Iske liye Kejriwal zimmedaar hai’ – Fans react as Aakash Chopra gives strong opinion on flat pitch in second Test

Aakash Chopra (Source: Twitter)

The second Test between India and the West Indies has been one of the main subjects of discussion for a lot of things. Virat Kohli is playing his 500th international match and created the record for most international hundred after 500 matches. Kohli scored his 29th Test hundred in the first innings of the Test. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored fifty at the top. The spin-bowling All-rounder duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin also registered fifty.

India scored 438 in their first innings. Replying to India, the home side has scored 229/5 after 108 overs. West Indies has not scored at a good rate. While India bowled well, West Indies was happy to defend and did not concentrate much on scoring runs. As a result, the viewers complained about boredom in the Test match.

To avoid a one-dimensional narrative, pitches with help for bowlers would have helped. Unfortunately, a flat deck is provided for the match, which has near to no help for the bowlers. The West Indian batters batted slowly and showed no attitude of playing for a win. Despite bowling so well, the Indian bowlers could not get many wickets. When Test matches are played on such flat pitches, it would not fascinate the viewers.

Speaking about the same, the former Indian cricketer and analyst, Akash Chopra, gave his opinions. The former Indian opener took to his Twitter account and tweeted “Flat-dead pitches are the biggest enemy of Test cricket. #WIvInd”. Chopra was not happy with the kind of pitch prepared for the Test match between India and West Indies in Port of Spain.

Without any spice in a pitch, the bowlers will not be in the game. Without any support for the bowlers, there is hardly any scope for the match to have anything except batters scoring runs. With such a play, the viewers would surely be demotivated. The pitches with no help surely destroy the viewing experience, as there would not be anything to expect from the match.

Here’s how the fans reacted to Akash Chopra’s tweet –

Kejriwal iske liye jimmedar hai

— Lipika Naik (@iammlipika) July 23, 2023

You didn't say it when Kohli and jadeja were playing with the strike rate of 30+

— Hello (@syria_basha) July 23, 2023

And when batsman score runs on such pitches we start singing their praises .

— PKBhagat (@pkbhagatin) July 23, 2023

Deflated Opposition is even worse 🤣🤣🤣🤣

— Bikash Samanta (@BikashSamanta01) July 23, 2023

Only if it doesn’t help me india as long as it helps India you have no issues with that

— Mubashir (@cryptobuzz_muba) July 23, 2023

Also the spinning track of India..

— Vibek (@vibek_ag) July 23, 2023

Pakistani giving their opinions like there’s 72720 degree swing in rawalpindi but but full marks for audacity 🥶

— Who cares? (@Retired__hurt) July 22, 2023

Just need little application by West Indies to play one innings well and they will save this test.

— The Contest Guy (@BoliMocr) July 22, 2023

Can't agree more…make green/bouncy wickets and play aggressive!

— Omer Khalid (OK) (@True_champion) July 22, 2023

Even if there is a turning track it pain you, as happened in India Australia BGT, and if flat pitch then you need win, then either look at Virat's century, or look at Ashwin's wickets… you can see only one thing. 😃 @vikrantgupta73 @sports_tak

— Harimohan Meena (@Professor_Meena) July 23, 2023

It's not that flat as India got all out on same pitch where as WI batsmen are playing risk free cricket with strike rate of 17, this match has been boring except Virat's hundred.

— Shubman Gang (@ShubmanGang) July 22, 2023