Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Shubman Gill will substitute KL Rahul in Indore Test, says Aakash Chopra

Former India batter Aakash Chopra has mentioned that Shubman Gill will are available in for KL Rahul as India’s opener in Indore. India is ready to face Australia within the third Test of the four-match Border-Gavaskar sequence on March 1.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 28, 2023 15:28 IST

Chopra says Gill will substitute Rahul in Indore Test (AP)

By India Today Web Desk: Former India batter Aakash Chopra has mentioned that Shubman Gill will are available in for KL Rahul as India’s opener in Indore. India is ready to face Australia within the third Test of the four-match Border-Gavaskar sequence on March 1.

Speaking on JioCinema’s present ‘#AakashVani’, Chopra mentioned he can see Gill beginning the third Test towards Australia due to his good kind, including that the opener additionally scored runs in India’s Test sequence towards Bangladesh.

“The probable eleven will be Rohit Sharma, Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj, and Mohammed Shami. For the eleventh member, it can be Shubman Gill, because we have to mention his brilliant form in test matches. He has also made runs against Bangladesh in those matches,” mentioned Chopra.

He went on to say that Rahul being eliminated as vice-captain of the staff signifies that his place is not cemented within the beginning line-up.

“When the announcements came KL Rahul has been removed from the Test Vice Captain position, which is basically telling the world that since you are not the vice-captain, you can be dropped, so there might be a change in that part. Although Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma both have backed up Rahul’s talent, Rohit also found himself in that position where he was backed up by the team in 2012 or something, and now we know how well he has played since then,” Chopra added.

The former cricketer mentioned that Gill will are available in for Rahul because the opener of the Indian aspect for his or her Test match towards Australia on the Holkar Stadium in Indore.

“So, they want to invest that much in Rahul as well, but the time has come that Rahul won’t be part of the team and Shubman Gill will replace him, as I think, so I wish Shubman Gill well. It is a good time to score runs if we look at it from the Indian perspective,” mentioned Chopra.

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Rounaq Sehrawat

Published On:

Feb 28, 2023