Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) fans might be concerned after seeing their England players’ performances in the ongoing 2025 Champions Trophy as well. He questioned whether RCB made the right call in betting on England batters as well. Notably, RCB acquired Liam Livingstone (₹8.75 crore), Phil Salt (₹11.50 crore) and
Jacob Bethell (₹2.60 crore) as part of their overseas players at the IPL 2025 auction for IPL 2025 as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Salt, Livingstone, Bethell, England – the RCB fans are worried as to what is happening. England are out (of the 2025 Champions Trophy) and would the England batters be able to save them this time? Their question is absolutely genuine. If the trio perform like this, what would happen to them?”

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“It begs a question that you have played all your punts on England players. You have Tim David. You can play him. No one knows anything about Josh Hazlewood’s availability as of now, although a little birdie told me that he would become available,” he again shared.

While expecting Phil Salt to return to his form, Aakash Chopra stated that the former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) player hasn’t been at his
best since being acquired by the RCB.

“Phil Salt – I feel, at some stage, he will start scoring runs because he scored runs continuously for one year after scoring runs for KKR. However, suddenly, now the form has disappeared. Some people say his form went as soon as he was picked by RCB. Liam Livingstone – I personally feel he plays extremely reckless cricket. He has a huge reputation, gets a lot of money, but I am yet to see many games he has won on his own. He bowls as well, he is a utility player, you get few players at the number he bats, but he has not really lived up to the reputation,” Aakash Chopra concluded.