Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra has opined that Yashasvi Jaiswal’s absence from the India team’s ODI and T20I lineups is virtually an injustice as well. He added that the star opener for India in Tests is proficient in all formats as well. However, Jaiswal wasn’t picked in India’s Asia Cup 2025 squad, but he was included in the reserves as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “It’s a very interesting question because Yashasvi is a good player. When you see Yashasvi, it seems like he is a three-format player. However, currently, he is playing only one format, and it seems like a travesty. It seems almost an injustice, that he should play all three formats. The truth for now is that he will play the two Tests against the West Indies, and I am pretty sure he will score runs as well because he is that kind of a player. I think he will now get a chance to travel with the ODI team. When the three-match series against Australia starts, he will be there.”

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While saying that Yashasvi Jaiswal might not get a place in India’s T20I squad anytime soon, Aakash Chopra added that Jaiswal will be a part of the 2026 T20 World Cup squad as well.

“I feel he will have to wait in T20s now also. His name will not come in the 15 that soon because when we win the Asia Cup, there won’t be much scope for change. However, before the World Cup happens, because there are 15 T20Is before that, I am very sure he will find a way into the 15. He (Jaiswal) is too good a player to miss out. I love him to bits. He is a phenomenal player, and I hope he makes it. I feel Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal are two players who will eventually be part of our World Cup squad. This voice is coming from my heart. I don’t have any inside info,” Aakash Chopra concluded.