Kohli Has The Worst Toss Record In Last 50 Years, Luck Doesn’t Support Him: Aakash
Ahead of the clash against Scotland, Chopra suggested a change to India's playing XI and aruged for Rahul Chahar
Mumbai: Cricketer Analyst Aakash Chopra has expressed his concern at Indian Skipper Virat Kohli’s bad luck with tosses and observed that his toss-winning percentage of just around 40 across formats is the worst in international cricket in the last five decades.
Speaking in a video on his YouTube channel on Friday, Aakash Chopra said, “What about Kohli and tosses? If you see, he has captained India in 8 T20Is this year and won just one toss. If you look at his career, then in the win and loss toss percentage for players who have captained in more than 100 games (across formats), Kohli has the worst record in the last 50 years. He’s won the toss in about 40% of matches.”
He added that Rahul Dravid still holds the best toss record in the world and how current team mentor MS Dhoni falls between Kohli and Dravid.
“And the best is Rahul Dravid’s. His was nearly 58-60%. Dhoni is also around 47-18. And Kohli is right around the bottom which means luck doesn’t support him,” Chopra added.
Virat Kohli, who turns 33 today, has won the toss only once in his last 14 matches. His rotten luck with the coin has also hurt India in the T20 World Cup. India had to bat first against both Pakistan and New Zealand on chase-favouring Dubai wickets, which resulted in heavy losses.
Ahead of the clash against Scotland, Chopra suggested a change to India’s playing XI and argued that considering Scotland’s spin weakness, leg-spinner Rahul Chahar would be a better choice over Shardul Thakur.
“I am seeing one change and why is that? Because Hardik has started bowling now and we have seen Scotland struggle against spin before. So play another spinner. In the two matches he has bowled, Shardul Thakur hasn’t looked spicy enough. I feel that you can take 2-3 overs from Hardik plus you have two fast bowlers and you can get three spinners… I am going with Rahul Chahar,” concluded Chopra.
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