Aakash Chopra

Former India opening batter

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Kohli's slump: two factors that might have had a role to play

His current rough patch has lasted a lot longer than anyone might have imagined

23-Aug-2022•Aakash Chopra

India need a white-ball philosophy that doesn't revolve around their best batters

They do not have a distinct and well-defined approach, like England have, and that has hurt them

31-Jan-2022•Aakash Chopra

How do you bowl to a batter like Dean Elgar?

He has an enviable ability to dismiss the previous delivery from his mind and it accounts for a lot of his success

10-Jan-2022•Aakash Chopra

How to play spin well: Mayank Agarwal gave us a masterclass in Mumbai

In the toughest circumstances, he produced his A game

10-Dec-2021•Aakash Chopra

How did Tom Latham bat so well on the slow Kanpur pitch against India's spinners?

His off-side game against spin is limited, but that actually works in his favour

01-Dec-2021•Aakash Chopra

How Ravindra Jadeja has developed as a formidable T20 batter

He now has self-belief, skills, and the ability to intimidate bowlers

09-Oct-2021•Aakash Chopra

How Rohit Sharma changed his game to the point of almost being unrecognisable

It took courage to make the radical changes to his game that we saw him make in England

14-Sep-2021•Aakash Chopra

Headingley showed Cheteshwar Pujara is back to focusing on what's important

He wasn't worrying about crease occupation during his 91 in the third Test

30-Aug-2021•Aakash Chopra

The return of KL Rahul and what it means to be in form

Sometimes the eagerness to do well can be counterproductive

19-Aug-2021•Aakash Chopra

Has Rohit Sharma cracked the Test match opening code?

The England series will be a litmus test for him, but he has already shown that he can adapt his attacking style to the demands of the format

28-Jul-2021•Aakash Chopra

What's wrong with Pujara? The answer might lie in his feet

He seems more hesitant and is moving his feet a lot less against pace

20-Jul-2021•Aakash Chopra

What guard is right for which batter?

It's down to the conditions you've grown up in, your trigger movements, and how you're trying to influence the bowler's tactics

06-Jul-2021•Aakash Chopra

Why did India lose the plot in one hour on the last day of the WTC final?

They needed to bat a little longer to beef up their total and eat into the overs left in the day. Why did they launch an all-out attack?

25-Jun-2021•Aakash Chopra

Five things India must keep in mind in the WTC final

They need to understand how New Zealand play their cricket, and respond to that

17-Jun-2021•Aakash Chopra

Chetan Sakariya, Avesh Khan and Harshal Patel are the finds of the curtailed IPL

The three young uncapped Indian fast bowlers promise much for the future

10-May-2021•Aakash Chopra

MS Dhoni is key to how CSK have turned things around this season

So far this IPL, the Chennai Super Kings have offered a stark contrast to last year

01-May-2021•Aakash Chopra

How do you bat in a T20 in Chennai or Mumbai?

With the current lot of IPL games being played in these two cities, the ability to deal with the conditions there is to the fore

20-Apr-2021•Aakash Chopra

Five things I'm curious about in the 2021 IPL

How will CSK use Raina and Dhoni? Where will Glenn Maxwell bat? Will Shaw find his mojo?

08-Apr-2021•Aakash Chopra

How do you bat on pitches like Ahmedabad? Take risks, choose your shots, use your feet

Wickets like the one for the third Test might be a lottery, but as a batsman you're not quite doomed from the start

02-Mar-2021•Aakash Chopra

All the things Joe Root did right against India's spinners in Chennai

He was early to pick the length, used the sweep judiciously, and had a good sense of when and whom to attack

11-Feb-2021•Aakash Chopra

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