Aakash Chopra defends Yashasvi Jaiswal’s headbutt reaction

Former India opener Aakash Chopra has backed Yashasvi Jaiswal's response to analyst Harsha Bhogle's comments on the headbutt incident during the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Bhogle had said walking away would have been the wiser option after Jaiswal headbutted Sri Lanka's Asitha Fernando on the first day. Jaiswal hit back on Instagram, writing: 'If you don't know what he said, then please don't make your judgment, if anyone crosses the line, we need to let them know this India will fight and reply.'

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra said: 'Harsha Bhogle comes from an old-school philosophy of cricket. He felt that Yashasvi Jaiswal got too close to Asitha Fernando and, in a heated moment like that, the right thing to do is to simply walk away. But Jaiswal chose to react. Now I'm wondering: who is right? Can both of them be right?' Chopra added: 'This is a new way of doing things. Our youth, this new generation, says, "Why should I wait? If you have said something about me, I will prove right now, today, whether it is right or wrong. I will show you." That's the new way of approaching the world and content.'