'You cannot play someone for one over' - Aakash Chopra criticises underutilisation of Washington Sundar

India suffered a 26-run loss in the third T20I of the five-match series against England at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. Opting to bowl first on winning the toss for the third consecutive instance, England managed to put up 171 on the board. In response, the hosts could muster only 145 in their portion of 20 overs.

Former Indian cricketer, Aakash Chopra, shed light on the underutilisation of the off-spin of Washington Sundar yesterday.

"You are saying you want four spinners. Let me agree that you need four spinners, but are you bowling 16 overs of spin? You don't do that as well. You got Washington to bowl only one over. You cannot play someone for one over. It is bizarre," shared Chopra in a video posted on his YouTube channel.

Notably, Sundar has bowled a total of only two overs in the two games he has feaatured in so far. For the unversed, he came in the place of all-rounder, Nitish Kumar Reddy, due to the latter suffering a side strain.

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I don't think we are selecting the right team: Chopra

The renowned commentator further commented on the team management not picking frontline pacers and instead relying on Hardik Pandya to do the job.

"I don't think we are selecting the right team. Arshdeep Singh was playing earlier and Hardik Pandya was there with him. Then, Mohammed Shami played and Hardik was there with him too. It's not that this team doesn't have any other fast bowlers, but you don't want to play any fast bowler," added Chopra.

The two games remaining in the T20I series are scheduled to be played in Pune and Mumbai, respectively. It will be interesting to see whether there are any significant changes made in terms of the composition of the XI as well as the strategies employed during the course of the games.