Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has urged Shreyas Iyer to return to the No. 3 position in the PBKS’ IPL 2025 clash against the Delhi Capitals (DC) as well. He shared that Iyer will be required to counter the DC spin trio of Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Vipraj Nigam as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “They made a tactical decision in the last match. Inglis was sent up the order and Shreyas came at No. 4. Eventually, it worked, and it was mentioned that it was Shreyas’ idea because Mayank Yadav bowls short and Inglis plays the pull well, which is fine. However, I liked Shreyas playing consistently at No. 3 in this entire season.”

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“We saw him sending Venkatesh Iyer up the order many times for KKR, but he said he would play consistently at No. 3 this season and would deliver, and he has delivered. So, in my opinion, go back to No. 3 because you will be needed to neutralize Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Vipraj Nigam’s threat,” he further added.

However, Aakash Chopra also added that the Punjab Kings openers against the Delhi Capitals seamers, including Mitchell Starc, could be a
great contest in the game.

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“Both openers are uncapped Indians. They will have Mitchell Starc and probably Dushmantha Chameera in front of them this time. It could be a mouth-watering clash. This is the year when the baton has been passed in the relay race. The young Indians have started doing well. If you are wondering why they have started doing well, an important reason for that is that they have started batting at good positions. Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh and Ayush Mhatre dominated when they got to open. If you want an uncapped Indian to do well, make him bat up the order,” Aakash Chopra concluded.