Former India player Aakash Chopra has added that RCB all-rounder Liam Livingstone hasn’t done anything worth
talking about in IPL 2025 as well. He also said that Tim David, if he is fit and available, should replace Livingstone in RCB’s playing XI for the final. However, RCB will take on the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the IPL 2025 final in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, June 3 as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “I won’t say anything about Liam Livingstone because he hasn’t done anything worth talking about, let’s be honest. I am hoping that Tim David becomes available. If he is available, make Liam Livingstone sit out. Then the team will become extremely strong. Mayank Agarwal hasn’t played too many matches. So it won’t be right to talk too much about him,” he said.

“However, Jitesh Sharma, the first fifty he scored in the IPL, he became the Player of the Match. This team has had nine different heroes. Jitesh has made crucial contributions. Romario Shepherd also hits decently when he hits. One remembers the Chennai match,” he shared.

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However, Aakash Chopra added that Rajat Patidar might not have been as good with the bat in IPL 2025, but has led RCB pretty well.

“Rajat Patidar started beautifully as a batter, but he is a very good captain. Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy has also been very good. Batting overshadows captaincy at times, but that’s not the case with Rajat Patidar. He uses his bowlers extremely well. The instructions are clear, and he is not flustered at all,” he said.

“The focus is less on him because he is part of a team where our cameramen and director are concentrating on just one guy. So it’s not seen what the captain is doing, but I can give you a guarantee that he is captaining extremely well. He doesn’t lose the grip on the match. He does not have that much experience, but Rajat Patidar, the captain, has been absolutely gold dust,” Aakash Chopra concluded.