Former India player Aakash Chopra has questioned the Rajasthan Royals (RR) for buying Nandre Burger for the remainder of IPL 2025. He wondered why they bought the unavailable South African seamer as an injury replacement for Sandeep Sharma as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “There is no Jofra Archer. There is no Nandre Burger. Burger hasn’t come, or he is already injured. He is not available, and I am thinking, what have you done? You took him as a replacement for Sandeep Sharma. You won’t take a replacement if a player who comes as a replacement gets injured.”

“They have basically done it for the next year only. Rajasthan haven’t thought about this year at all because they cannot play Nandre Burger now as he isn’t available. They have selected an unavailable player so that they can ace the next year’s auction. Very interesting choice,” he shared.

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However, Aakash Chopra also added that availability issues of players will continue to trouble the Rajasthan Royals when they restart their IPL 2025 campaign against the Punjab Kings as well.

“I don’t have any idea about Sanju Samson’s availability. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag will play here. (Lhuan-dre) Pretorius has come. He is a good batter. They don’t have (Maheesh) Theekshana as well. Many of their players are not there. So Rajasthan’s known problems will keep mounting,” he said.

“Rajasthan are not going anywhere, but they can just spoil this team’s (PBKS’) party. So, Punjab, buckle up a little because this match is more important for you. It’s like a collision between a Ferrari and an auto. The auto guy won’t lose anything.” Aakash Chopra concluded.