“We are unable to play spinners at all” - Former Indian cricketer slams Indian batters for their poor approach against spinners

Former Indian cricketer and commentator Aakash Chopra has slammed the Indian batters for their poor approach against spinners in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026 campaign, losing eight wickets to spinners in two games.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra raised India’s serious concern of tackling spinners ahead of the Pakistan clash on Sunday, February 15, in Colombo. With Colombo surface assisting spinners, Indian batters might find themselves on the backfoot with their current approach.

"Introspection is necessary because Gerhard Erasmus, Namibia's captain, came and made us lick dust. We are unable to play spinners at all. What is happening? If we combine the two matches, I think we have lost eight wickets against spinners," Aakash Chopra said on his YouTube channel.

"We are unable to run at six runs per over against them. Gerhard Erasmus came and bowled with a round-arm action and took four wickets for just 20 runs in four overs on a pitch where there was no help for spinners and in a game where you had already gotten a good start. It is a problem," he added.

Interestingly, Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus scalped four wickets as India posted 209/9 in 20 overs. He pocketed the wickets of Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel. In response, Namibia got bundled out for 116 runs in 18.2 overs to lose the game by 93 runs.

"The ball turns in Premadasa. The ball comes slow there. Sixes aren't hit there. You have to score runs by running between the wickets. It doesn't seem like we are going there after getting prepared. We want to hit only sixes. Either we don't know how to play in some other way or we are unable to play that way," he stated.

"We scored only 10 runs in the last two overs and lost five wickets. It should have been 240, and we couldn't score 210, and that is a problem. We have won with such a big margin, and you might ask why I am nitpicking, but why shouldn't I do that?" he concluded.

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