"The domination is continuing for 12 years" - Aakash Chopra on India registering 18th consecutive home series win in IND vs BAN 2024 Tests
Aakash Chopra has noted that India's Test series win against Bangladesh will be remembered for their continued home domination for the last 12 years. He pointed out that India haven't lost a Test series at home since 2012.
India beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the second Test in Kanpur on Tuesday, October 1. The win helped them seal the two-match series 2-0, having earlier won the first Test in Chennai by 280 runs.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra chose India's continued winning run at home as the primary reason for which the series against the Bangla Tigers would be remembered.
"The first biggest reason is 18 consecutive home series wins. We have done an incredible job. You want to be known for your domination but this is domination of a different kind. Someone or the other comes who pushes you, beats you, or draws against you. Forget about beating you, no one has gone after drawing a series here," he said (0:20).
"The domination is continuing for 12 years. We lost last time in 2012. They haven't lost since then. A lot of players have changed in the last 12 years, the personnel, captain and coaches have changed but what hasn't changed is our playing style and our dominance," the former India opener added.
Chopra noted that Australia were the dominant team at one stage, highlighting that they twice won 10 home series in a row. He added that no team comes to India now believing they can win or even draw a Test series.
"The rise of Ravichandran Ashwin along with Ravindra Jadeja" - Aakash Chopra on the reasons behind India's dominance
![Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja form a potent spin-bowling pair at home. [P/C: BCCI]](https://statico.sportskeeda.com/editor/2024/10/9d74f-17278471703281-1920.jpg?w=500)
In the same video, Aakash Chopra credited Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja's rise as the first factor behind India's dominance.
"I feel two factors have been very important for this. One is the ability to pick up 20 wickets in bowling, we have that on good pitches as well, especially in these conditions. The rise of Ravichandran Ashwin along with Ravindra Jadeja, because one is close to 525 wickets, with 11 Player of the Series in Tests," he said (1:20).
The cricketer-turned-commentator added that the likes of Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, and Virat Kohli have also played massive roles with the bat in the past.
"He is standing next to Muttiah Muralitharan. This is absolutely incredible. Then you see Ravindra Jadeja - 3000 runs and 300 wickets. When both of them come together, it's not one plus one two but 11. After that, of course, India's batting, which includes Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli, because you have to turn back a little as we are talking about 18 series," Chopra observed.
Chopra noted that the emergence of new heroes in the batting department is like a baton passed in a relay race. He added that the baton has been given to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant's hands at the moment and that this team is unstoppable.