Team India had to face defeat by 3 wickets in the second T20 match against South Africa. South Africa chased the target of 125 runs in 19 overs. The series between the two teams is now tied at 1-1. Meanwhile, cricket commentator Aakash Chopra has raised big questions on the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav.

In fact, in the first two matches of the series against South Africa, Axar Patel has bowled only one over each, while the pitches were favorable for spinners. And in the matches played so far, spinners Varun Chakraborty and Ravi Bishnoi have achieved a lot of success.

What are we really doing with Akshar Patel?- Aakash Chopra

While talking about the video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said,

“What are we really doing with Akshar Patel? Why are you playing him? Let’s clear it up a bit. Axar Patel – One over at Kingsmead (Durban), and here too just one over. On a pitch where six out of seven wickets were taken by spinners, he bowled only one over.”

Chopra says that he is not thinking much about Axar Patel’s batting, but not making Axar Patel bowl more is a big mistake of captain Suryakumar Yadav.

In my opinion, they are being underutilized as a resource. We are saying that you are playing with three spinners, but you are not able to play them properly. I am not thinking too much about the batting failure, but it was a mistake on Surya’s part not to bowl to Axar Patel.

Chopra said this regarding Akshar Patel’s run out

Akshar Patel handled India’s faltering innings in the second T20 match and scored 27 runs with the help of 4 fours in 21 balls. He was run out in the 12th over by Nakaba Peter. Aakash Chopra further emphasized that it was difficult to run out Axar Patel, but it was due to the disappointing performance of the top order and the rest of the batsmen.

You sent him up while batting. He was unlucky to get run out. No one else performed well with the bat, be it Sanju Samson in the beginning or Abhishek Sharma’s continued struggle against bouncers.