Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has picked the fifth bowling option as the Gujarat Titans’ (GT) concern before their IPL 2025 match against the Rajasthan Royals (RR). He added that they have used Ishant Sharma and Arshad Khan to perform the role, but it hasn’t shown the desired results yet.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “You can now say that the top four are in good form. Sai Sudharsan is there. Shubman Gill was brilliant in the previous innings. Jos Buttler missed out for sure, but he is also in decent form. Washington Sundar is also there alongside them now. After that, they also have an explosive batter in the form of Sherfane Rutherford.”

“A small problem is the fifth bowler. They could have solved it if they had gotten Washi to bowl a few overs and hadn’t gotten Ishant (Sharma) to bowl his entire four overs. So this problem might have looked slightly less glaring, but it is seen. They used Arshad (Khan) as well, two overs from him, and two from Ishant. However, it is not working out,” he further added.

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While talking about the Rajasthan Royals’ batting before their IPL 2025 match against the Gujarat Titans, Aakash Chopra added that they have a formidable top six.

“The batting is still looking very, very good. I feel this team will progress on the back of their batting might only. Yashasvi (Jaiswal) has also now come into form. That’s good news. Sanju Samson is looking good. Riyan Parag is batting beautifully. Nitish Rana has already played a match-winning knock. Dhruv Jurel started this tournament very well,” he said.

“Shimron Hetmyer will also come to the party. This team is good until they don’t need a seventh batter. They have an issue if they need that because then they send Wanindu (Hasaranga) up the order. They are unable to play Shubham (Dubey). This team still does not have all-rounders,” Aakash Chopra concluded.