Former Indian Test opener Aakash Chopra opined that India’s bowling attack is decent but it is not currently at the peak of their prowess. Chopra said it is imperative for Suryakumar Yadav to use the services of Hardik Pandya with guile.

Pandya can get the ball to swing in the Powerplay overs and he is known to hit the hard lengths. On the other hand, Varun Chakravarthy hasn’t been at his best in the last three games. The mystery spinner returned with figures of 1-40 in his quota of four overs against the West Indies.

Chopra said Arshdeep Singh bowled decently against the Windies, barring the 16th over when he conceded 24 runs.

“The bowling is decent. Is it our stronger suit? It’s not at this point in time. However, I won’t call it weak if some team has a bank of eight overs. I know Varun Chakaravarthy has been slightly weak, but he is still a very, very good bowler. Bumrah’s four overs and his four overs, and if we remove Arshdeep Singh’s one over, where he conceded 24 runs, Arshdeep has also done very, very well,” Chopra said on his YouTube Channel.

“He is a wicket-taker with the new ball, and, with the old ball, he has executed the yorkers by coming around the stumps. Hardik Pandya needs to be used properly. Hardik Pandya is either a good bowler or can become very ordinary if you bowl all his overs after the powerplay and you keep his two or three overs after the 10th over. Axar Patel is also a very reasonable bowler. So I don’t think our bowling is very weak,” he added.

Meanwhile, Chopra was asked if Shivam Dube should be promoted ahead of Hardik Pandya. The renowned commentator said Pandya also deserves to bat higher up the order.