Former India player Aakash Chopra has asked the Indian team to rest Ravindra Jadeja for the third ODI against England. He added that the team should play Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy in the game as well. The third and final ODI will take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, February 12 as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy, I understand that only 11 can play, and you can’t play everyone. However, we are stuck. Kuldeep has returned from injury and you didn’t play him in the T20Is. If he had come after playing T20Is, you would have said that he has got a lot of game time, just like Varun Chakaravarthy has. The truth is that he has played just one match thus far. If he doesn’t play this match as well, he will straightaway play the Champions Trophy match. Jaddu is confirmed, so play both Varun and Kuldeep. Play both of them together and don’t play Jaddu. You can ask him to rest.”

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In the same video, Aakash Chopra also urged India to play Arshdeep Singh in the third ODI against England as well.

“I feel you should play Arshdeep in this match. The big question will be who will Arshdeep play with. Will he play with Harshit Rana or Mohammed Shami? You will have to play Arshdeep as he hasn’t played ODI cricket for a long time. I am assuming that whoever plays with Arshdeep will be the frontline fast bowler for the Bangladesh match. Shami’s wagon is gathering pace, so you want the momentum to be maintained. If Harshit is your first choice, then you would want Harshit to play all the games because I feel you are not fully satisfied with either of them,” Aakash Chopra concluded.