Former India opener turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has named the five most expensive Indian bowlers at the upcoming IPL 2022 mega auction. Shardul Thakur, Harshal Patel and Mohammed Shami are some of the most prominent bowlers who weren’t on the list. On the other hand, franchises have been retained their respective players like Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj Ravindra Jadeja etc.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra named Prasidh Krishna as the fifth most expensive bowler at the IPL 2022 mega auction. Apart from Prasidh, the veteran named Avesh Khan as well.
He elaborated: “At no.5, I have kept Prasidh Krishna’s name because of two reasons. He is playing for India also now. He has two or three things that no one else has. Height – point of release is outstanding, he has got the pace and now has the experience of two to three years.”
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Aakash Chopra reasoned: “At no.4, I have kept the player whose name has come just now in the team – Avesh Khan. His last year was phenomenal and the year prior to that was also good. He played ahead of Ishant and Umesh, bowls both with the new and old ball. His special thing is that the ball hits high on the bat and with speed. At no.3, I have kept Rahul Chahar. There are a lot of spinners but I have kept his name. Rahul Chahar is a proven customer, he has played for Mumbai on extremely small grounds. I think he has got a raw deal, was in the Indian World Cup team but was not selected after that.”
Aakash Chopra picked the spinner Yuzvendra Chahal as the most expensive Indian spinner at the IPL 2022 mega auction as well.
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“At no.2, I have kept Yuzvendra Chahal. He is a gun bowler although his numbers might have gone down for the last little while. The second half of the last IPL was outstanding. He has pedigree, performance, potential – he is brilliant. At no.1, I have kept Deepak Chahar. He is a wicket-taker with the new ball. You don’t see any other Indian bowler like that, he is a bank in the first three overs, you break the back of the opponent. He is alright at the death but you can manage with him,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
