Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has urged the Indian team to chase whenever they win the toss in the 2025 Champions Trophy as well. He added that Team India’s bowling is their weaker link and they should depend on their batting strength to chase targets down as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “I am with you 100%. It’s the rule in white-ball cricket that whatever is your strength should be the second thing you should do. If your bowling is good, do that later. If your batting is good, do that later, and this team’s batting is good. We are saying that we have a lot of variation in bowling and have five spinners as well. However, if we are being honest, we have an issue in bowling. Our strength is our batting. We are playing batting till No. 8.”

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In the same video, Aakash Chopra also added that the onus should be on the Indian batters to deliver under pressure in the 2025 Champions Trophy as well.

“The pressure to win matches should be on the batters. So definitely India should bat second. If you win the toss, decide to bowl, and you ideally do that as well because dew also comes later at times. If there is any danger of dew, that is always in the second innings. So you should have the bat and not the ball in your hand at that time. Whichever way we might see, the answer to that question is India should chase in almost every match. I don’t think there will be a pitch in Dubai where you will need to bat first,” Aakash Chopra concluded.