The war of words between two former Indian cricketers, Aakash Chopra and Venkatesh Prasad has taken a new turn, Chopra had invited the veteran pacer for one on one interaction to clear the allegations put by Prasad.
The right-arm pacer alleged Aakash on saying him an agenda peddler for his tweets on KL Rahul’s performance. The former Indian pacer rejected the offer placed by Chopra by saying he doesn’t wish to engage with him further.
Prasad replied to Chopra on his invitation on one on one interaction to clear the misunderstanding-
“No Aakash, nothing is lost in translation. In your 12 minute video you have called me as an agenda peddler because it didn’t suit your narrative. It is crystal clear. And I have made my points very clear in this Twitter thread. Don’t wish to engage with you further on this,” said Veteran pacer Prasad.
“I admire Aakash for the hardwork he puts on his YouTube channel but calling a different view point as agenda because it doesn’t suit his narrative is poor. There is no bitterness between us and since his video was in the public domain wanted to put my point out here. Best wishes, ” said former Indian cricketer.
No Aakash, nothing is lost in translation. In your 12 minute video you have called me as an agenda peddler because it didn’t suit your narrative.
It is crystal clear. And I have made my points very clear in this Twitter thread. Don’t wish to engage with you further on this ?? https://t.co/GhlfWI0kHA
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) February 21, 2023
Firstly, The former right-handed batter had invited Prasad to a one-on-one chat to clear the air. “Venky bhai, msgs are getting lost in translation. You here. Me on YT. I invite you to come on a Video Chat…we can do it Live. Difference on opinions is nice…lets do it properly. I’ll not have any sponsors on it & nobody will make money out of it. Up for it? You have my number,” he posted.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) retains the same squad for the last two test matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT), Indian top-order batter Rahul was selected in the squad despite his continuous failure in red-ball cricket. But despite getting support from management for his lean patch, Rahul is now the epitome of two former cricketers’ war of words on Twitter.
Men in Blue are leading the four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy by 2-0. Still, Indian opener Rahul’s position in the XI is under the scanner after the opener hasn’t managed to cross even the 30-run mark in his last 9 innings. Young batters like Sarfaraz Khan and Shubman Gull are in fact waiting to be picked out in the longer format of cricket.
Earlier, the war of words was stated for the timing of the former Indian pacer’s set of tweets on Rahul’s performance. Cricketer cum analyst Chopra criticised veteran Indian cricketer Venkatesh Prasad’s tweet on KL Rahul during the second test match, Prasad was criticising team management for giving continuous chances to Rahul after his repeated failure in Test matches.
V. Prasad tweeted that before the third day began in the Delhi test match. The war of words began at the timing of the tweet but now it has taken a whole new turn in the battle. Now India will take on Australia for the third test match of four test match series on 1st March 2023 at Indore.