Former India player Aakash Chopra has added that he would eagerly watch Gujarat Titans’ (GT) choice of openers in their IPL 2025 clash against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) as well. He shared that the Titans could spring a surprise, just like the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) did against the Mumbai Indians (MI) on March 23 as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “There will be three things worth watching from Gujarat’s perspective. They have an excellent top three – Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler and Sai Sudharsan. I think the best of all three will come as an opener. Whoever among the three bats at No. 3, his batting might be slightly inferior, although they have used Sai Sudharsan a lot at No. 3.”
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“So will they go in that direction and not look for a left-right opening combination or will they look for that? There are surprises at times. Who had thought Rahul Tripathi would come to open instead of Ruturaj Gaikwad, but that happened. So I will very eagerly see who would open here,” he further added.
However, Aakash Chopra also stated that the Gujarat Titans might have to choose between Glenn Phillips and Sherfane Rutherford for a middle-order batting position in their IPL 2025 clash against the Punjab Kings as well.
“The second thing that would be worth watching is that the middle order used to be a slight problem earlier, and that problem could probably still be there. It remains to be seen who they play between Glenn Phillips and Sherfane Rutherford. Glenn Phillips will be seen flying if they play him and Sherfane Rutherford has come with incredible T20 form. They used to have the pair of Rashid and Noor. Now Rashid is there but Noor isn’t. Noor is part of the Chennai team now. So will Washington Sundar or Sai Kishore bowl from the other end now? Which spinner will they go towards? I am thinking Washi Sundar, but maybe yes, maybe not, because Sai Kishore is highly rated,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
