Former India player Aakash Chopra has questioned Sunrisers Hyderabad’s thinking while buying Harry Brook at the IPL 2023 auction. SRH bought him for a whopping ₹13.25 crore as well. He, however, had a poor show in the recently concluded edition of the Indian Premier League. He scored just 190 runs in 11 innings despite scoring an unbeaten century against Kolkata Knight Riders as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said: “Harry Brook was bought for around 13.5 crores. Where did you think he will bat when you acquired him? You should have thought that he will bat at the top of the order because his numbers against spin are extremely ordinary, and he would have to play a lot of spin in the middle overs in India. So you had to try to bat him up the order but you couldn’t do that. You started with batting him down the order because you picked Mayank Agarwal, already had Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi is also a top-order batter, and Aiden Markram cannot play below No. 4.”

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Aakash Chopra also said that Brook was again demoted after a few poor shows as an opener despite scoring a century while playing at the same position. He again shared that although SRH bought a good player, but the opening sport wasn’t always available where he stated most of his success.

Meanwhile, he also praised Lucknow Super Giants for their thought process while acquiring Nicholas Pooran as well. Pooran smashed 358 runs at an outstanding strike rate of 172.94 in 15 innings in IPL 2023 as well. He also hit a match-winning 15-ball fifty against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

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“I liked Nicholas Pooran’s purchase in this scenario because Nicholas Pooran was picked with the sole thinking that he will bat at the death. He was bought for 16 crores, was very expensive, but there was a clarity of thought. They didn’t want to play him at No. 3, 4 or 5 but at the death. He is also that kind of a player who can play there. They gave him one role, and, in my opinion, he performed that extremely well,” Aakash Chopra concluded.