Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that KL Rahul might miss an odd catch or stumping as he is not a specialist wicketkeeper-batter as well. However, he added that Rahul needs to continue donning the wicketkeeping gloves in ODIs as he can’t play as a pure batter as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “It won’t happen. I will tell you why. Hardik (Pandya) is not there currently. Otherwise, if you see the top six, Shubman Gill is there with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli comes at No. 3, Shreyas Iyer comes at No. 4, KL Rahul comes at No. 5, and Hardik Pandya comes at No. 6. Where is the place? He might miss an odd catch or stumping because he is primarily a batter who is keeping. He started doing it because the team needed it, and after that, he did well too, and bats down the order in a difficult position, but there is no place.”

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However, Aakash Chopra also stated that there is no place in the top six for a frontline wicketkeeper like Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Jitesh Sharma or Rishabh Pant, with KL Rahul playing as a specialist batter as well.

“Samson or Ishan Kishan or Jitesh Sharma or anbody else, even Rishabh Pant, there is no place for anyone in this XI because your top six are almost written in stone. So, if there can be no change there, whoever you keep, you will take them as a tourist with the team, whether it’s Dhruv Jurel, Sanju Samson or anyone else. There is no chance of them getting a place in the XI. I don’t see it happening,” Aakash Chopra concluded.