'Tour India and get hammered...'- Former India star questions top-tier teams' dominance across formats

The former Indian opening batter, Aakash Chopra, has dropped a necessary question on social media where he stated that even though he Blue Brigade would always get expected to win in Australia and England, it would par for the course for those two opponents to come India and get hammered on every single time, apart from a few rare occasions. 

Chopra claimed that no one would criticize the same two sides when they lose to India in the longest format or the white-ball forms of the game. The veteran reckoned that even though the financial wealth of the national side had been driven by the shortest format, the growth would be tremendous across formats.

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‘Isn’t it incredible that while India is expected to compete and win in Australia and England, it’s par for the course for them to tour India and get hammered. While India’s financial wealth is driven by T20 cricket, the growth is across formats.’ Aakash Chopra wrote on his account in X (formerly known as Twitter).

Aakash Chopra questions top-tier teams’ dominance across formats in comparison to India

The former Delhi batter also added that no one should talk about the dustbowls, given that the final red-ball clash of the BGT 2024-25 and this series in England in Sydney and South London had produced green tracks, which should be enough to acknowledge the growth of Indian cricket.

And please don’t talk about dustbowls…Sydney and Oval were made unusually green too.
It’s okay to acknowledge the growth of Indian cricket and that must bring expectations along with it. And not meeting them will also invite criticism. But do we hear criticism of the same…

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 4, 2025

‘And please don’t talk about dustbowls…Sydney and Oval were made unusually green, too. It’s okay to acknowledge the growth of Indian cricket, and that must bring expectations along with it. And not meeting them will also invite criticism. But do we hear criticism of the same intensity in England-Australia after their not-so-successful tours to India?’ Chopra shed light on X.

India, despite coming into the series without their two veteran batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma alongside a half-fit Jasprit Bumrah in the absence of Mohammed Shami, kept the series alive in 24 days out of 25. They also beat the home side by a 336-run margin at Edgbaston in Birmingham before putting on a dominating batting show in Manchester to draw the fourth encounter.