Former India player Aakash Chopra has asked the Delhi Capitals (DC) to add T Natarajan to their playing XI for their IPL 2025 match against CSK. He shared that the speedster would be familiar with the conditions at his home ground.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “In bowling, let us know about T Natarajan’s availability because he is a Chennai kid. He bowls extremely well. So make up your mind to play him. You can leave one of Mukesh and Mohit out, and you can strangulate this team with your two spinners. Delhi have played well. I don’t have any suggestions for them. Nothing is broken. They don’t lack anything. They haven’t done anything wrong thus far. Jake Fraser-McGurk and Faf du Plessis scored runs in the last match. So if you look at it from that perspective, they have got a few bases covered and have played really well. So they don’t have any worries.”

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However, Aakash Chopra also stated that CSK should prepare a slow pitch and use their spinners in the powerplay overs as well.

“They (DC) won’t like a slow pitch that much, and that’s why they (CSK) should make a slow pitch and bring spin in the powerplay because both Jake Fraser-McGurk and Faf du Plessis will not like spin on a slow pitch. Abishek Porel is at No. 3 and KL Rahul is at No. 4. They haven’t really contributed much. KL has played only one match, and then when Tristan Stubbs and Ashutosh (Sharma) get to bat, if you want to test them, it’s important for you to start well. That’s for Chennai,” Aakash Chopra concluded.