IPL 2023: SRH ought to make Bhuvneshwar Kumar the captain, says former India cricketer Akash Chopra

Former India cricketer Akash Chopra has stated that SunRisers Hyderabad ought to make India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar the captain over Mayank Agarwal for the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 25, 2022 20:55 IST

Chopra says Bhuvneshwar Kumar ought to captain SRH (PTI)

By India Today Web Desk: Former India cricketer Akash Chopra has stated that SunRisers Hyderabad ought to make India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar the captain over Mayank Agarwal for the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League.

Speaking on his Youtube channel, Chopra stated Bhuvneshwar needs to be made captain of SRH over Mayank Agarwal.

“I feel they should make Bhuvneshwar Kumar the captain. Mayank Agarwal is an option. But I will say don’t do that because the guy plays amazingly well and the one year he has played as captain, it has not been good. Why should you put pressure?,” stated Chopra.

He went on to say that SRH have made an excellent group for the upcoming season, including that they’ve impression gamers of their squad.

“They have made an extremely good team. They have spent money with the thinking that they need specialists, that they don’t need to break the bank for all-rounders, for the simple reason that you can make up for the all-rounder’s absence through the impact player,” Chopra added.

The former India batter stated the one participant SRH couldn’t get was England’s Ben Stokes, including that they weren’t him as a captaincy various anyway.

“We all felt no one will be able to stop them when they put in their bids. They had 42 crores. They placed bids on 13 players and got 12 of them. The only guy they could not get was Ben Stokes and I don’t think they mind because they didn’t see Ben Stokes from the captaincy viewpoint,” stated Chopra.

He stated SRH already have three good Indian batters up the order, including that he likes the setup of their group.

“They have got Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi. They said they won’t be able to give a place to Ben Stokes in the top three – fair point. To have three Indians at the top, I absolutely adore that idea. After that, you have kept three overseas players to do the difficult job,” Chopra added.

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Rounaq Sehrawat

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Dec 25, 2022