Chopra feels India's strength lies in their batting, and they should play accordingly.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra highlighted that India's strength lies in their batting, and they should play accordingly.
"It's the rule in white-ball cricket that whatever is your strength should be the second thing you should do. If your bowling is good, do that later. If your batting is good, do that later, and this team's batting is good," Chopra stated.
India's squad for the Champions Trophy includes a strong batting line-up, but their bowling remains a potential weakness, especially in the absence of injured Jasprit Bumrah.
Chopra mentioned that while India has variety in bowling, the real firepower lies in their batting unit.
"We are saying that we have a lot of variation in bowling and have five spinners as well. However, if we are being honest, we have an issue in bowling. Our strength is our batting," he added.
According to Chopra, the onus to win games should rest on the Indian batters, urging them to rise to the occasion.
"The pressure to win matches should be on the batters. So definitely India should bat second. If you win the toss, decide to bowl. You ideally do that because dew also comes later at times. If there is any danger of dew, that is always in the second innings," he remarked.
With all of India's group-stage matches scheduled in Dubai, Chopra refuted concerns about pitch deterioration affecting second-innings batting.
"So you should have the bat and not the ball in your hand at that time. Whichever way we might see, the answer to that question is India should chase in almost every match. I don't think there will be a pitch in Dubai where you will need to bat first," he concluded.
India will begin their Champions Trophy campaign on February 20 against Bangladesh at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.