Former Indian opener, Aakash Chopra has emerged as one of the most followed commentators much to the delight of the Indian fans. The fans have taken a special liking to his Hindi commentary and the man has been doing some exceptional work in analyzing the game on his Youtube channel as well.

Aakash has been analyzing even in the ongoing lockdown keeping the fans hooked. However, during a recent interaction, he was asked an interesting question. He was told to pick the current Indian cricketers who have the ability to become a very good commentator. And the former Indian opener picked the off-spinner Ravi Ashwin for the job without much hesitation.

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Chopra went on to praise Ashwin for his smartness and the knowledge and felt that he can analyse the game sitting in the dugout. During the RK show, Chopra said, “Ravi Ashwin should make a great English commentator, he will be good in the dugout, he’s very bright, intelligent and smart.”

Aakash himself has been doing commentary in Hindi over the years now and reckons the Indian wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav can be a perfect the perfect men for the job. Interestingly, he termed the chinaman spinner as the dark horse and stated that he is often under-rated and is rather a funny guy.

Talking about the Hindi commentary, Delhi born cricketer, Chopra said, “In Hindi, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav can be fun. Kuldeep is actually under-rated, he can be funny. So, Kuldeep Yadav will be my dark horse.”

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However, being the commentator and the analyst of the game, Aakash has often been criticized by the fans. Recently, he and his kids were abused a lot by the fans for not picking MS Dhoni in his probable Indian squad for the T20 World Cup.