Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra wants Yashasvi Jaiswal to be among the runs and be slightly worried about the short ball as well, an area where he feels the opener will be targeted in the third T20I between India and Ireland. The final game of the three-match T20I series will be played in Malahide, Dublin, on Wednesday, August 23 as well. However, Jaiswal scored 42 runs in the first two T20Is.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said: “Yashasvi Jaiswal should score runs. Until now, Yashasvi Jaiswal has shown that when he scores runs, he scores so many that he straightaway becomes Player of the Match, or else he gets out early. He likes playing the pull shot but is getting out playing the pull as well. That is one trick that bowlers will regularly try against him. Tilak Varma’s name has come for the Asia Cup. He had zero in the first innings, one in the second innings, we don’t want two in this innings. We need runs in this innings. We should get to see the celebration of his selection for the Asia Cup from his bat.”
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However, Tilak Varma has been picked in India’s Asia Cup squad whereas he is yet to make his ODI debut. He did well in his T20I career in the previous series against the West Indies but failed against Ireland as well. Aakash Chopra also stated that Sanju Samson would want to prove that he should be in the main Asia Cup squad.
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“Sanju Samson will come at No. 4 and he will be slightly angry now – ‘You have kept me in the traveling reserves. See my ODI numbers, I am actually doing very well but you haven’t picked me. If you don’t pick me, I will demolish the opposition team and a few records’,” Aakash Chopra concluded. “Rinku Singh and Shivam Dube have done well. This is an extremely important opportunity for them. It would have to be seen when the next one will come and how good it will be, so they will want to grab this one with both hands.”
