Former India player Aakash Chopra has said that SRH have a lot of problems, especially in the batting department, heading into their IPL 2025 match against PBKS. He shared that while the usually destructive Abhishek Sharma hasn’t yet hit a six in the ongoing edition of the IPL, Travis Head is generally struggling in run chases.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “What could this team’s thought process be? It’s extremely surprising that Abhishek Sharma hasn’t hit a single six thus far. I think he hit 40 or 42 sixes last year. Travis Head doesn’t score runs in run-chases. He might still score runs while batting first but hasn’t scored runs at all in run-chases, especially if it’s a big run-chase. Ishan Kishan hasn’t been able to do anything like that after the first hundred. There are plenty of problems. My focus will once again be on Nitish Kumar Reddy because if the batting stumbles, Nitish Kumar Reddy needs to score runs. You can stand like a pillar even if there is a storm around.”

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However, Aakash Chopra was asked whether the PBKS have used Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal effectively in IPL 2025 as well.

“I think they will use Chahal well in this match. They didn’t get him to bowl in the last match as it wasn’t required. However, things are going to change. They are using Arshdeep properly. I don’t think they are doing anything wrong there. I feel Shreyas Iyer is captaining very well. He is utilizing his resources very well. I don’t think Arshdeep has any other role. This is the team that is opening with two uncapped Indians. It’s a rarity that they are able to do such a thing because Priyansh Arya played extremely well in the last match,” Aakash Chopra concluded.