Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra has questioned why Mohammed Siraj isn’t being picked in Team India’s white-ball squads. While saying that workload management is cited as the reason at times, he wondered why the pacer is playing in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. However, Siraj isn’t part of India’s squad for the ongoing ODI series against South Africa as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “What has happened with Miyan Magic? He used to be a three-format player earlier. He used to play ODIs, T20Is, and Tests. In fact, in ODIs, there was a two-year period when no one took more wickets than him for India. He was constantly picking up wickets. We were saying he is in a different league altogether,” Chopra said.

“However, after that, he was suddenly dropped from the Champions Trophy team. Rohit Sharma was the captain then, and the captain said his effectiveness reduces with the old ball. The consolation of workload management is given at times. However, if that’s the case, why is he playing domestic cricket? If he doesn’t play the other formats, he will next play for India in August,” he further added.

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In the same video, Aakash Chopra also opined on the fact that Prasidh Krishna and Harshit Rana are being given opportunities ahead of Mohammed Siraj.

“When did it happen that Mohammed Siraj, suddenly, from a three-format bowler, became a one-format bowler? No one is talking about it. No one is questioning. Prasidh Krishna and Harshit Rana have played. You are giving opportunities to everyone else. Suddenly, from where is Mohammed Siraj’s workload management being spoken about?” he said.

“What kind of workload is this? You are not going to play any cricket for the next 10 months. How did Mohammed Siraj disappear? Mohammed Siraj, minimum, has to be there in ODIs. You can consider him for T20Is as well, but he has to be there in ODIs,” Chopra observed.