Recently, the One Day International (ODI) match got over and India ended up winning only one match out of the three, against Australia. It was held in Sydney, Australia in a closed-door format. Australia won the first two matches, and this led to the rise of several questions against team India, and especially against the captain, Virat Kohli. Ashish Nehra, the former Indian cricketer, and the coach has also raised several questions and has criticized the Indian squad and the BCCI’s (Board of Control for Cricket in India) decision. Ashish Nehra has made a statement saying ‘hasty’ decision-making of the captain Kohli in the 2nd ODI, at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
He said to Cricbuzz, “In today’s game, Virat Kohli gave two overs to Mohammed Shami and then brought Navdeep Saini. He wanted Shami to bowl from the other end, that I understand, but then, why would he use Jasprit Bumrah for only two overs with the new ball? I agree Virat Kohli is making frequent changes in bowling. He only had five bowling options. India used Mayank Agarwal and Hardik Pandya – it was a decision made on the ground. If things were going in India’s way, you would not have seen these two getting an over.”
“Virat Kohli is being hasty in his decisions. In the previous game (first ODI) as well, after Kohli was dropped, it seemed like he was in a hurry. Kohli has chased 350 several times in his career, it is not a big deal for him. But it seemed like he was chasing 475, not 375,” Nehra further added.