Former India opener turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has referred to Venkatesh Iyer and Ishan Kishan’s exclusion and Deepak Hooda’s inclusion in India’s ODI squad as an interesting development. His comments came as the board has announced the squad for the upcoming series against West Indies.

Both Iyer and Kishan were part of the Indian squad for the recently-concluded ODI series against South Africa. While Iyer failed to do well in the two games he played, Kishan did not get a game. In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra opened up on this.

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He said: “Ruturaj Gaikwad is there in the ODI side. Venkatesh Iyer is not there – he has been dropped from the ODI side after two ODIs. There is no Ishan Kishan. These are two big things that have happened. Deepak Hooda has been called up for ODI cricket, that’s an interesting one.”

He continued: “Rohit Sharma comes and Ishan Kishan goes out, Deepak Hooda comes and Venkatesh Iyer goes out. I am slightly sad for Venkatesh Iyer because a decision on his ODI career has been taken too quickly.”

Aakash Chopra also feels Ruturaj Gaikwad is unlikely to get a game in the ODI series against West Indies and he also gave the reason behind this.

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He stated: “Ruturaj is in the ODI team, will he get a chance? I am not 100% certain because Shikhar Dhawan will open with Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul will now already go in the middle order and you anyway have Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda and Rishabh Pant in the middle order.”

“Ishan Kishan is part of the T20I squad, Ruturaj Gaikwad is not there here. So Ruturaj Gaikwad might not get a chance in the ODIs and Ishan Kishan might not get a chance in the T20Is because the team is the same,” Aakash Chopra concluded.