Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has picked India’s dependence on their spinners as one of their weaknesses heading into the 2025 Champions Trophy as well. He added hat seamers were more successful than spinners in Dubai in the recently concluded International League T20 (ILT20) as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “When the moon has spots on it, we too will have some weaknesses. The biggest concern I am seeing is that we have picked five spinners. If we see the numbers only in Dubai, the ILT20 was heavily dominated by the fast bowlers. 70 percent of the wickets were taken by the fast bowlers and we are taking five spinners. We are also going to play three spinners in the playing XI. So if we are going to play three and have five spinners in our squad, that cannot be our strength because the conditions are going to be different. The square is extremely hard and has a little grass on it.”

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In the same video, Aakash Chopra also chose Team India’s fast-bowling lineup, which includes the relatively inexperienced pacers Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana, as another of their weaknesses heading into the 2025 Champions Trophy as well.

“The fast bowling is also slightly weak. Arshdeep played an ODI just now and in August before that. He has an overall experience of less than 10 ODIs. Harshit Rana has experience of two or three ODIs. Mohammed Shami has returned but he is not looking the same bowler. Understandably, Bumrah is not there but Siraj is also not there. So suddenly your fast bowling, which could have been better on these pitches, is also looking slightly weak,” Aakash Chopra concluded.