Former India player Aakash Chopra has urged DC to play Sediqullah Atal at Faf du Plessis’ place in their IPL 2025 match against the Punjab Kings as well. He also showed hope that Axar Patel would be fit and available to lead the team.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Delhi have nothing to lose now. The question will be whether Axar Patel is available. He wasn’t available in the last match, and he was missed a lot. Three spinners should play at this ground in any case. If you get a chance, play three spinners immediately.”

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“I would say you can drop Faf du Plessis and play Atal. They probably couldn’t play Atal in the last match, as who would have been the captain then? Faf is the vice-captain, and he wasn’t scoring runs, so you could have probably left him out, but you didn’t have a choice in that aspect,” he further added.

However, Aakash Chopra also stated that the Delhi Capitals will be in trouble if KL Rahul, who played as the impact player against MI due to an injury, opts out of the upcoming game as well.

“Rahul will play his fourth match as an opener. So that is good news. However, he came as the impact player in the last match. That is not the ideal thing. He is injured, there is nothing left as they are out of the tournament, and if he doesn’t play, their situation will go from bad to worse,” he said.

“You can leave Mukesh Kumar out and play T Natarajan, and try to use six bowlers because you made a mistake in the last match. You had a chance to get two overs from Tristan Stubbs in the middle. Then you might not have needed Mukesh to bowl the 19th over. You played Madhav Tiwari as well there, but you didn’t use him either,” Aakash Chopra concluded.