Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has urged fans not to wear white shirts for the RCB’s IPL 2025 clash against KKR. He added that such a move would make it difficult for the players, especially the fielders, to sight the ball as well.

Previewing the game in a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Another thing that’s been heard is that many white T-shirts are being sold. A plan like that has been made to bid farewell to Virat Kohli for the end of his Test career. I am saying do it thoughtfully because the ball will get lost in white T-shirts.”

“Keep the tricolor in your heart, wear the RCB jersey, and get Kohli written behind it. Who will field if everyone comes wearing white? The ball will hit the face while taking catches. The ball will get lost among the spectators. So just be a little more careful,” he further added.

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However, Aakash Chopra also stated that the RCB would have a couple of selection conundrums ahead of the game and said that they should play Mayank Agarwal in place of Devdutt Padikkal as well.

“If I look at it from RCB’s point of view, they have two questions to answer. One is – who in place of Devdutt Padikkal? You have kept Mayank Agarwal in the team. Play him this match for sure if you see him playing in the playoffs. Play him the match, get him to score runs, and come in form so that you don’t have form issues when you have come close to the playoffs,” he said.

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“You should try to play the team you want to field in the playoffs. The batting order that was seen wasn’t bad either. Virat Kohli with Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar at No. 3, Jitesh Sharma at No. 4, Tim David at No. 5, Romario Shepherd at No. 6, and Krunal Pandya after that. Then you would have to keep Manoj Bhandage in the team. You can also make up your mind to go that way,” Chopra shared.

“When I look at it from the bowling perspective, Lungi Ngidi is there for now. He picked up wickets in the last match against CSK, but since he is not going to be there in the playoffs, and you don’t know about Josh Hazlewood, think about Nuwan Thushara, or else, when will you play him? I think the four overseas will be Phil Salt, Tim David, Romario Shepherd and Lungi Ngidi/Nuwan Thushara,” Aakash Chopra concluded.