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Kannaur Lokesh Rahul,
Aakash Chopra
Printed on: Jan 10, 2024
Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra has questioned KL Rahul’s omission from the T20I squad for the house collection in opposition to Afghanistan. In keeping with Chopra, each captain Rohit Sharma and Rahul have been poor throughout the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. Nevertheless, whereas Rohit has been recalled, there may be surprisingly no place for Rahul.
Each Rohit and Virat Kohli have been recalled to the Indian T20I squad for the three-match collection in opposition to Afghanistan when the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the 16-member squad on Sunday, January 7. The 2 have been out of favor within the T20I format since India’s exit from the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia.
Talking on his YouTube channel, Chopra claimed that whereas Rohit had an distinctive ODI World Cup at residence, Rahul additionally did properly, so there was no cause to depart him out. “While you need to return to your seniors, what’s Rahul’s mistake? In case you are making the group primarily based on the final T20 World Cup efficiency, each Rohit and Rahul didn’t do properly. Each are in the identical boat,” he stated.
“After that, each have accomplished properly, if we see the final World Cup, the ODI one. Then each names ought to have been there. Rahul even retains and bats down the order now. So you could possibly have performed him there as properly. Nevertheless, Rahul shouldn’t be there however Rohit is. Virat Kohli is there. You weren’t trying to preserve him for the final one yr,” Chopra went on so as to add.
Rohit scored solely 116 runs within the 2022 T20 World Cup at a strike charge of simply over 106. Alternatively, Rahul scored 128 runs at a strike uncommon within the vary of 120. Rohit, Rahul and Kohli weren’t picked in T20Is after that although the final talked about identify had a terrific marketing campaign with the bat. Kohli was the main run-getter within the World Cup with 296 runs at a median of 98.66 and a strike charge of 136.40.
All three batters, although, impressed within the ODI World Cup at residence. Kohli scored a record-breaking 765 runs at a median of 95.62, with three a whole bunch and 6 fifties. Rohit was second within the listing with 597 runs at a superb strike charge of 125.95. Rahul additionally contributed 452 runs in at a median of 75.33, which included 100.
In his video, Chopra additionally opined that Yashasvi Jaiswal or Shubman Gill might open with Rohit. He added that the opposite different might be to open with Rohit and Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav then coming in at No. 3.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
