Veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has opined on the significance of the third T20I between India and Bangladesh for Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma as well. He also added that both openers have looked good but haven’t converted their starts into significant contributions as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ said, “What about the openers? It’s a big question. It’s a three-match series. You are seeing Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson opening at the moment. Unfortunately, both haven’t done well thus far. Sanju looked good in the first match. Abhishek, whilst he was playing, was looking good in both matches. He got run out in the first match but played a slightly loose shot in the second. Sanju also got out in both innings. He did score 29 runs in one innings but couldn’t score in the second. I think it is important.”
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“It is important because you judge openers quickly and they have more time in T20s. So it’s only fair that they should score runs because Ruturaj, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi will come from behind. There are too many takers and those many vacant places are not there,” he again said.
In the same video, Aakash Chopra also shared that Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma are competing with Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill,
and Yashasvi Jaiswal for the openers’ positions as well.
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“It is important because you judge openers quickly and they have more time in T20s. So it’s only fair that they should score runs because Ruturaj, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi will come from behind. There are too many takers and those many vacant places are not there. You might get the four games in South Africa as well but South Africa will be a slightly different and more challenging opponent. So you want to go there after scoring runs. So this match is going to be very important for both the Indian openers because if you fail here, don’t be surprised if there is a question mark over the place for either of them,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
