Ahead of India’s T20I series against New Zealand, former India player Aakash Chopra has said that KL Rahul has let go of his chances in the T20 format. He added that the Indian think tank wouldn’t consider him for T20Is. India will take on New Zealand in a five-match T20I series, with the first game to be played in Christchurch on Thursday, October 22. Rahul hasn’t been picked in India’s 16-member squad as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “There was a time when he had a chance, but he let go of his opportunity. Now someone else has taken that place. I won’t say at all that KL Rahul can’t bat at that speed. If a guy can score 150 runs off 50-odd balls, he can bat like that when he wishes.”

“However, I don’t think the Indian team is going to move toward him now. KL Rahul is a very, very important player in Tests and ODIs. In fact, he has now become the vice-captain in Tests, but I don’t feel India would look toward him from a T20I cricket perspective,” he shared again.

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However, Aakash Chopra also questioned how KL Rahul could get a chance in T20Is.

“Tell me how KL Rahul would get a chance in T20 cricket and in place of whom. He is not a middle-order batter in T20 cricket. He is an opener, and we are unable to give a chance to Vaibhav Suryavanshi as an opener. You have Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, and Vaibhav. These four people are there, and the entire country is asking why Vaibhav isn’t being played and when he will be played. How will KL Rahul play in that? Just think about it. This is not going to happen,” he concluded.