South Africa vs India: Baffling India did not use Venkatesh Iyer’s bowling in 1st ODI, says Aakash Chopra

Former India opener Aakash Chopra questioned India group administration’s resolution to not give Venkatesh Iyer a bowl within the 1st ODI in opposition to South Africa in Paarl on Wednesday. India handed Iyer an ODI debut within the collection opener however he was not requested to roll his arm over regardless of the remainder of the bowling unit struggling to benefit from a sluggish pitch at Boland Park.

Speaking to Star Sports, Aakash Chopra puzzled if the group administration even considers Venkatesh Iyer as an all-rounder, highlighting that he was not given a whole lot of overs to bowl when in his debut T20I collection beneath Rohit Sharma’s captaincy in opposition to New Zealand final yr.SA vs IND, 1st ODI: Live Score and UpdatesIndia gave away 296 runs with Rassie van der Dussen and Temba Bavuma hitting 100 every on Wednesday. As many as 3 India bowlers went wicketless — Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur and Yuzvendra Chahal. Even as Shardul gave away greater than 7 runs per over, KKL Rahul didn’t throw the ball to Venkatesh Iyer who effected the run-out of Aiden Markram early within the innings.Iyer rose to prominence together with his all-round expertise for Kolkata Knight Riders within the second half of IPL 2021 and did nicely with each bat and ball within the home tournaments earlier this season.”That baffled me. With regards to not bowling Venkatesh Iyer, it’s not only KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma did the same thing in the 2 T20Is against New Zealand. He was bowled only after India won the series he bowled,” Chopra stated.”In the pre-match press conference, KL Rahul said he would use Venkatesh Iyer as the 6th bowling option. There were many, many moments in this game to see what he could actually do. He could have leaked a few runs but ODI cricket is one format that allows a bowler to leak a few runs and make a comeback later on,” he added.Meanwhile, Chopra additionally stated India can have a look at taking part in both Suryakumar Yadav or Ishan Kishan within the middle-order if they aren’t going to make use of Venkatesh Iyer’s bowling expertise.”So, it’s just us who are seeing Venkatesh Iyer as an all-rounder. It seems the Indian think tak, the team management and the leadership group, they don’t see him as an all-rounder is the understanding or feeling you get from the outside,” Chopra added.”It’s now his 4th game for India and he has been on the field for close to 110 overs, he has bowled I think only 2-3 overs and that too in a dead rubber. I can’t make head or tail of it. If he is not going to bowl, then play either Suryakumar Yadav or Ishan Kishan.”Jasprit Bumrah was the choose of the Indian bowlers on Wednesday as he completed with figures of two/48 in his 10-over spell. Off-spinner R Ashwin, who returned to the ODI aspect, picked up Quinton de Kock’s wicket however his spin companion, Yuzvendra Chahal, disillusioned within the center overs.