Former Indian Cricketer Aakash Chopra previewing the match in his YouTube channel has said that it is going to be a tough task for the management to pick a playing 11 for the upcoming matches. There are a lot of options in the current squad and many players are fighting for the same spot.
Shubman Gill was rested from the series against Australia and returned to squad now. He will be a starter and for the other opening there will a fight between Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad, who opened the innings together in the Australian series. Both the Players are in good form and can take the match away from the opponent.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, who is a leftie, gives an attacking option at the top and can go big from the word go. However, we cannot ignore Ruturaj, he finished the Australian series as the leading run scorer which includes a stunning century in the 3rd game.
I am assuming Shubman Gill will play- Aakash Chopra
Aakash Chopra on his YouTube channel had said,
“Shubman Gill is back, so I am assuming he will play. He should play the first match itself. If he plays, who will open with him? Both Ruturaj and Yashasvi are standing together and saying that they did well in the last series,”
“Ruturaj scored a century as well, was the highest run-scorer, so he will say he should be played. However, Yashasvi is a left-hander, very attractive and aggressive, he will say he should be played. So that’s the first fight that who should be played. Difficult question, I don’t have an answer.”, he added.
“Then when I go slightly down the order, it seems like there is no chance at all of Ishan Kishan playing because Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma will play here. So Ishan Kishan has gone but he won’t play,” he stated.