Former Indian Test opener Aakash Chopra believes Pakistan are at their lowest point after an early exit from the ongoing Champions Trophy. Pakistan suffered a 60-run loss in the opening match of the tournament against New Zealand and then they were beaten by six wickets against arch-rivals India.
After New Zealand registered a five-wicket win against Bangladesh on Monday, Pakistan, the defending champions and the hosts, were knocked out of the eight-team tournament.
Chopra highlighted that Pakistan will need to make some changes to their squad and if they don’t, they shouldn’t expect different results.
“Pakistan cricket is at its lowest ebb, which means there is no scope for going lower than this. You have gone really down and I don’t think there is any way to come out of this. You can make radical changes and change everything,” Aakash Chopra said on his YouTube Channel.
“If you think like that, maybe there is some hope, but the team you are playing, if you expect different results with that, which means you keep making the same mistakes and expect a different result, that’s called foolishness, my friend, nothing else,” Chopra added.
The renowned commentator recalled that Pakistan used to adopt an aggressive approach in earlier times.
“They have been predictably unpredictable always. However, there was one thing in Pakistan cricket which used to define them always, and it is probably our mistake that we think that those things can happen today as well, which is what is their first response to pressure. Their first response used to be aggression,” he said.
On the other hand, Chopra noted that India had a defensive approach but they have changed things drastically in the last few years.
“If we go 50 years back, India’s first response used to be a defensive option. We didn’t use to do a pre-emptive strike. We used to defend ourselves if someone attacked us but didn’t attack anyone. The country’s philosophy is probably your game’s philosophy because that’s your fabric,” Chopra observed.
India will next take on New Zealand at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai on 2nd March.
