Previous India opener Aakash Chopra denied nepotism currently being rampant in the maximum degrees of Indian cricket but mentioned that there have been conditions when it has happened in the lessen degrees of domestic cricket.

Akash Chopra denies nepotism in Indian cricket

“I have noticed it going on in a point out staff in which a player was a captain for a very long time. He was an administrator’s son, not a player’s. He was not a quite superior player and his stats also clearly show it. But at the maximum amount, it by no means transpires. No a single is supplied an IPL contract mainly because he is someone’s friend’s son or someone’s nephew,” Aakash stated on his Youtube present AakashVani.

He took the illustrations of Rohan Gavaskar and Arjun Tendulkar, who are sons of batting greats Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar respectively.

“Now just because he was Sunil Gavaskar’s son he should have performed a large amount of cricket, several ODIs and Take a look at matches. But that did not materialize.

“And when he performed for India, it was simply because he was continuously carrying out incredibly effectively for Bengal. In point, fail to remember all that, he was even not enjoying in the Mumbai Ranji workforce. He was not receiving a position in the Mumbai group even while he had the surname as Gavaskar,” Chopra explained.

Gavaskar played 11 ODI matches for India in which he scored 151 operates. Nevertheless, he performed 117 to start with-course online games and scored 6938 operates at an ordinary of 44.19.

“You can say the very same thing about Arjun Tendulkar. Due to the fact he is Tendulkar’s son, nothing at all was presented to him on a platter. He did not get an effortless accessibility to the Indian cricket staff. There had been no these kinds of worthless options even in the India under-19 crew. Whenever the range takes place, it would be due to the fact of a sterling efficiency,” Chopra said about the Indian cricket workforce.