"If their next knocks do not go good....": Aakash Chopra on Gill and Iyer

Former Indias opening batsman Aakash Chopra has a critical take on Indian batsmen Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyyers recent form He also stated that the time is running out for them and both have one more inning left before things turn worse for the young Indian duoIn the second test against England in Visakhapatnam Gill and Iyer failed to play an impactful innings yet again Gill departed for 34 and Iyer for 27 runs Under fire duo has one more innings to prove their worthAlso Read IND vs ENG 2nd Test Jaiswal hits maiden double ton before England bowl out India for 396Speaking on his YouTube channel Aakash said on Friday Time is running out very fast for Gill and Iyer They have one more knock and I really hope that they score runs because if their next knocks do not go good the problems will become grave for both of themChopra also mentioned that Gill got a good start which he wasted and Iyers footwork was not at its best against the pacersShubman Gill got a start He played slightly aggressively at the start for sure but after that he got three edges in James Andersons two overs The third edge carried to the keeper as well and he got out He wasted a good start 34 runs is not going to be enough said ChopraShreyas Iyer also gave a disappointing performance The way he was moving around was not giving much confidence You generally do not move around like that against a fast bowler in Test cricketAlso Read Cristiano Ronaldo One of the greatest players to ever play the sportHe was moving a lot even though there wasnt much pace in the short balls and eventually he got out You can say the ball stayed a little low and that he was slightly unlucky but he was not stable on the crease he concludedAfter the ICC World Test Championship Gill has not been able to make the most out of the chances he got He only managed to score 207 runs in 12 innings at an average of 1881 His best score was 36Gill who himself wanted to bat at number three has scored 223 runs at that respected position in seven test matches at an average of 2230 His best score playing at number three position is 47Iyer has also fallen flat after a fine start to his Test career In his last seven Tests and 11 innings he has scored just 158 runs at an average of 1580 with the best score of 35Coming to the match India ended the day one at 3366 with Yashasvi Jaiswal unbeaten at 179 in 257 balls with 17 fours and five sixes along with Ravichandran Ashwin 5 Knocks from Gill Iyer debutant Rajat Patidar 32 and Axar Patel 27 provided decent support to the lefthanderDebutant Shoaib Bashir 2100 and Rehan Ahmed 261 dominated the opening day with their spin bowling not allowing Indian batters to make the best of their fine startsWith ANI Inputs