He has a point, we could've taken an extra batter in vihari instead of ashwin, ashwin wasn't getting much help in the conditions, if at all he was hell-bent on five bowlers he could've taken ishant instead for all-seam, but he wanted the batting cushion of ashwin, so why not take vihari the more accomplished batter and get the real batting boost that was needed!
Also team selection? Not the squad that selectors select, but which eleven take the field - I think he was behind the game in that respect as well, his blind obsession with jadeja instead of ashwin for variety in bowling attack, his taking of ishant in the wtc final and two back to backs in england instead of siraj when ishant didn't look fit, continued backing of pujara and rahane resulting in a shaky batting lineup for a while, not having the talk with pant about his role in a five batsman lineup in difficult conditions like south africa until the team management felt it necessary after the second test.. Then the toss and what to do upon winning the toss, batting first on a green top like headingley putting his batters in more pressure than necessary, it's like he had that macho thing that oh we can take it, when reality was that maybe he could take it but he wasn't seeing in terms of the rest of the batsmen - even in the third south africa test selecting to bat first when seeing grass, and when seeing that the pitches in South Africa were becoming better to bat in fourth innings - even Rahul got influenced by kohli's strategy in selecting to bat first in the second test!
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/why-are-you-so-rigid-why-so-adamant-ex-opener-aakash-chopra-tears-down-on-india-s-batting-during-south-africa-tests-101642250300928.html
He has a point, we could've taken an extra batter in vihari instead of ashwin, ashwin wasn't getting much help in the conditions, if at all he was hell-bent on five bowlers he could've taken ishant instead for all-seam, but he wanted the batting cushion of ashwin, so why not take vihari the more accomplished batter and get the real batting boost that was needed!
Also team selection? Not the squad that selectors select, but which eleven take the field - I think he was behind the game in that respect as well, his blind obsession with jadeja instead of ashwin for variety in bowling attack, his taking of ishant in the wtc final and two back to backs in england instead of siraj when ishant didn't look fit, continued backing of pujara and rahane resulting in a shaky batting lineup for a while, not having the talk with pant about his role in a five batsman lineup in difficult conditions like south africa until the team management felt it necessary after the second test.. Then the toss and what to do upon winning the toss, batting first on a green top like headingley putting his batters in more pressure than necessary, it's like he had that macho thing that oh we can take it, when reality was that maybe he could take it but he wasn't seeing in terms of the rest of the batsmen - even in the third south africa test selecting to bat first when seeing grass, and when seeing that the pitches in South Africa were becoming better to bat in fourth innings - even Rahul got influenced by kohli's strategy in selecting to bat first in the second test!
This is great Jarrod!