Former India player Aakash Chopra has said that KKR shouldn’t consider including Anukul Roy in their playing
XI against the RCB. He also added that the defending champions should instead add an overseas seamer to their bowling attack as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “It’s confirmed that Moeen Ali and Rovman Powell are not there, but I have no idea whether Spencer Johnson and Anrich Nortje have joined the squad. If either of them has joined, please play one of the two because your fast bowling is becoming weak. You don’t want to bowl Andre Russell, and you won’t want your entire fast-bowling department to depend on Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora.”

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“You will need one more fast bowler. You can think about Anukul Roy because left-arm spin works against these opposition batters, but I would say don’t think about him. Get another fast bowler because there might be slight help for the fast bowlers on the Chinnaswamy pitch that has been under covers for a long time, and the bounce is also slightly spongy these days,” he further added.

Reflecting on KKR’s batting, Aakash Chopra added that they shouldn’t have Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi together in the middle and that Andre Russell and Rinku Singh should be there for more overs.

“In batting, figure out a way for Rahane and Raghuvanshi not to bat together. They will have to sort out the batting order and determine Russell and Rinku’s entry point slightly early so that they make an impact on the match. You might have to play Ramandeep here since Moeen is no longer there. You will play either Manish Pandey or Ramandeep. I would rather go with Ramandeep Singh, but Manish Pandey is again a Bengaluru boy, and he knows this ground well,” Aakash Chopra concluded.