Former cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra has expressed his concern over the injury crisis in the Indian camp, stating that the team management has to find a way to stop it.
India missed the services of Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja in the Asia Cup 2022 and the T20 World Cup 2022 due to injuries.
The Men in Blue are at the receiving end of multiple injury woes in the ongoing ODI tour of Bangladesh as well. Mohammad Shami, who was picked for the series, was ruled out before the tour while the likes of Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen and Akshar Patel faced injury issues during the series.
“Injuries - I don’t know if they can be controlled. We are saying that we are not playing too much cricket, we are taking breaks repeatedly. If we are taking so many breaks and managing our workload, why are so many injuries happening? Don’t manage workload if you have so many injuries. That’s the simple question - what is happening? Either we are not managing the workload properly or we are breaking down after that. I don’t have an answer for why so many injuries are happening, can they be stopped? But you will have to stop them," Chopra said on his YouTube channel.
He also listed out the Indian players who suffered injuries this year.
“Injuries have become such a huge concern. Jasprit Bumrah was not there, suddenly you felt you need to get in Shami. Before that Harshal got injured. Now Kuldeep Sen and Deepak Chahar are injured and before that Akshar Patel was injured. Now Rohit Sharma is also injured, Rahul was injured before that. I mean so many injuries."
“Jaddu (Jadeja) is injured at the moment. His was an absolutely freak injury but Bumrah played and then again got injured. Deepak Chahar played and then again got injured. About Kuldeep Sen also, I felt the captain said in the post-match interview that they have to look into the fact that when they are coming to play for India, are they fully fit?" Chopra said.
Team India have conceded the three-match ODI series to Bangladesh, having lost the first two games. The Rohit Sharma-led side will look to avoid a clean sweep when they take the field for the final ODI in Chattogram on Saturday (December 10).
