Aakash Chopra opines Aaron Finch was Bangalore's 'biggest disappointment' in IPL 2020

Undermining Aaron Finch's addition to Virat Kohli & Co. in IPL 2020, cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra remarked that Australian skipper was Bangalore's 'biggest disappointment'. Chopra added that franchise had placed huge stakes on Australian opener and he could t deliver what was expected of him. After playing for seven franchises, Bangalore brought in Aaron Finch for Rs 4.4 crores, in a bid to add firepower to ir top-order already comprising of AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli. 

“Aaron Finch was biggest disappointment for RCB this season. y had put huge stakes on him and stuck with him for a long time as well. You expect Finch hitting from him.” Aakash Chopra said in a video. 

' form was t seen'

Drawing comparison with Moeen Ali, Chopra also highlighted that Finch was provided with several chances. "He got a whole lot of chances to bat. So one can say that he played in this team and was t given chances. You can say that for Moeen Ali, that he was in and out of team but Aaron Finch played all matches, I mean he played 10-12 matches at start.” Chopra added.

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Off 12 matches that Finch played, he mand to score only 268 runs at an aver of 22.33. Australia skipper's highest score in this season was 52 runs - which was his only half-century. Finch was dropped later on to bring Josh Phillipe to open along with Devdutt Padikkal. Elaborating on Finch's role, Chopra opined that performances like KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock or even Mayank Agarwal-like were expected off Aaron Finch. 

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“But form was t seen at all. Neir form was seen r runs. He was even dropped at end and n brought back again because Joshua Philippe did t do a great job eir. But you had more expectations from Aaron Finch. Because imagine if Devdutt Padikkal was playing well from one side and Aaron Finch had been playing well, n pressure and responsibility would have been less on Virat and AB de Villiers.” Aakash Chopra said.

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