Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra has said that both Mayank Yadav and Prince Yadav should be part of the Indian team’s playing XI for the fourth T20I against New Zealand. He added that Arshdeep Singh can be rested to make a place for Mayank. The fourth T20I between India and New Zealand will take place in Auckland on Friday, October 30.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “There is scope for one change for sure. Ask Arshdeep Singh to rest. Play both Mayank and Prince because you give chances to youngsters in dead rubbers. Mayank actually bowled well in the first match. So, why not play him? I am advocating for that one change.”

“I won’t talk about playing spin here because there is actually no help for spinners here. You have to bowl short balls and make the batters access the side boundaries. The spinners can’t do that job. The fast bowlers can do that job. It might not be going well for Bhuvi, but he should be played all five games,” he added.

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However, Aakash Chopra also stated that Ishan Kishan should return to the playing XI if he is fit and available and that a rotation policy should be there for the four top-order batters.

“If Ishan Kishan is available, he has to walk into the team. If he comes, who will go out? It is not an easy decision. You may be the best player on the planet, but since we have to accommodate Vaibhav Suryavanshi and we want to keep all four together, I think you will have to take the support of rotation,” he said.

“Someone said Shreyas should be dropped. Someone wrote below that Tilak should be dropped. I said, ‘Don’t you watch the match.’ Tilak Varma won the match just now. How will you drop Tilak Varma? Shreyas Iyer had two bad matches, and you are saying he should be dropped,” Chopra concluded.