Former India player Aakash Chopra has opined on the Delhi Capitals’ (DC) IPL 2025 loss to the Gujarat Titans (GT) due to a below-par total. He also added that Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel and Axar Patel’s slow knocks cost them as well. DC set a 200-run target as the visitors achieved the target with all 10 wickets and an over in hand.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Delhi’s bowling was ordinary. Even in batting, I felt they left a bit on the pitch because if only three people got out, you shouldn’t have scored 200 but 225 or 230. Where did they get stuck?”

“If you see the 45 balls Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel and Axar Patel played among them, they scored only 60 runs. No one else will tell you that, but that’s the truth. If you score 60 runs off 45 balls in a game where 220-225 could have been scored, you are left slightly behind, and that’s the difference in the end,” he further added.

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However, Aakash Chopra also stated that KL Rahul was the only shining star in the Delhi Capitals innings.

“KL Rahul is the only one worth talking about in this innings. He batted incredibly well. He got an opportunity to open for the second time. They make him open when someone is not there, but this time they decided that he only would open,” he said.

“We discussed yesterday that he should be made to open. They got him to open, and he scored a century. He was playing slow at the start. He was going slightly ahead of a run-a-ball. It seemed like he would get them stuck, but he ended with a strike rate of more than 170, played 65 balls and scored more than 110 runs,” Aakash Chopra concluded.