‘Life doesn’t stop because…’ Aakash Chopra’s take on Virat Kohli’s absence from Test series against England

Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli is set to miss his first Test series in 13 years. The news was confirmed after the Indian board announced the squad for the final three games. Akash Deep is the only addition to the Indian squad for the next three games.

Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra took to his YouTube channel to speak on Kohli’s absence. The 46-year-old said that the show must go on despite the absence of the 35-year-old.

India will play the third Test in Rajkot before the series moves to Ranchi and finishes at Dharamshala. England won the first Test in Hyderabad by 28 runs to take a 1-0 lead. The home side won the second game in Vizag by 106 runs and squared the series.

Aakash Chopra speaks on Virat Kohli’s absence 

Former India opener Aakash Chopra has asked India to move on from Virat Kohli’s absence. The comments were made when the 46-year-old was speaking on his YouTube channel. “I won’t go that far. Let’s be honest, life doesn’t stop because of someone coming or going. Life must go on, the show must go on. India’s batting looked fragile in the first two Tests against a strong English bowling unit. The battle between Kohli and James Anderson is something the fans were waiting for with bated breath.

Aakash Chopra also took a dig at Rehan Ahmed when he said “We are feeling Kohli’s absence a lot, I will be very honest. Considering the bowling standards and the sort of pitch that was there in Vizag and when we got to bat for the first time in Hyderabad, Kohli would have scored at least one 150 in the two matches because he wouldn’t have stopped against this ordinary bowling, in which Rehan Ahmed gets bored.”

England spinner Rehan Ahmed had said that he would rather get hit for four boundaries than get bored. “He said he would rather get hit for four boundaries. Kohli would have hit you for four boundaries and would not have also given you his wicket. Whether it’s Shoaib Bashir, Jack Leach or Tom Hartley, when Virat Kohli sees such a bowling attack, he says he will not score 50-70 but 150-200. That is why he is different from others” Chopra claimed.

Ending his chat on YouTube this is what the former India star said “You are definitely missing him but his absence doesn’t mean that you will lose the series if he isn’t there because you defeated Australia in Australia in his absence. India actually lost in the match he was there, that was the Adelaide Test match, but after that, we broke Gabba’s pride as well”