Former Indian opener, Aakash Chopra has given a strong opinion about the young Indian batter, Prithvi Shaw ahead of the final T20I of the three-match series against New Zealand. The series is at the moment poised at 1-1 with the final T20I to act as a decider. The continuous exclusion of youngsters has left a lot of fans disappointed, with fans taking to social media to vent out their anger and displeasure on the Indian think-tank’s tactics in aiming of utilizing its players.

However, in the latest video on his Youtube channel, Aakash Chopra said, “I feel Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill will stay together, and Prithvi Shaw will still have to wait. There are two reasons for that. If you play Prithvi Shaw, he would either score runs or not. If he scores runs, it’s fine; but if he doesn’t, then what?”

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The former right-handed batter believes that Team India should field the same playing XI that they had used during the second T20I, as that will help in maintaining the winning momentum India gained after the first T20I loss to New Zealand. Also, the opening pair of Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan is also quite young and dynamic, so, they should be provided with an ample amount of time.

Explaining the same, Aakash Chopra said, “If you split this pairing (Gill-Kishan) now, it will become a broken partnership for the future. You are not giving them a last opportunity to do whatever they can and that we will consider them for the future if they do well, and if not, we shall think about it.”

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Further, Chopra avoided judging the youngster on the basis of just one game. Shaw is a fine batter and should be used in accordance with team India’s requirements in every series. It seems only a matter of time before the 23-year-old actually gets a game for India.

Aakash Chopra concluded by saying, “Are you going to judge that you played Prithvi Shaw and that he didn’t score runs, so let us leave him out? How do you actually judge a player if you have given him just one match, that too the last game of the series? That’s not right.”