Former India player Aakash Chopra has added that RCB committed a big mistake in their IPL 2025 match against the
LSG. He shared that the franchise submitted the wrong team sheet at the toss, saying that even the umpires and the match referee couldn’t have helped them correct that as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “RCB made a mistake when Jitesh Sharma went for the toss as Rajat Patidar is still injured and is coming as an impact player. You have two team sheets now, one for batting first and the other for bowling first. Rajat Patidar’s name was there in the bowling first team sheet. At least there or four people verify that sheet, but a mistake was made.”

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“Suyash Sharma’s name was among the impact player substitutes. Once the toss is done, and you have given the sheet, you cannot change. You might request or plead, but neither the umpires nor the referee can help you. Only one person on the entire ground can allow you to change. That’s the opposing team’s captain,” he further added.

However, Aakash Chopra also questioned Jitesh Sharma’s captaincy in RCB’s match against LSG, highlighting that the stand-in captain didn’t utilize Krunal Pandya effectively with the ball as well.

“I found Jitesh Sharma’s captaincy slightly 50-50. Firstly, he took the DRS quickly at the start. He didn’t ask anyone. It was a huge inside edge. It’s okay, mistakes can happen. You got Krunal Pandya to bowl one over and forgot him after that. Then you gave him the 13th or 14th over. He conceded 14 runs in two overs, but you couldn’t even bowl his full quota,” he said.

“The way he was using the bowlers, I missed Rajat Patidar. Whenever Rajat Patidar has been the captain this season, I have never felt that the right bowler is not bowling the right number of overs at the right stage. With Jitesh, I felt it was slightly chaotic. It just did not look sorted,” Aakash Chopra concluded.