Former India player Aakash Chopra has shown his interest in seeing how the Gujarat Titans’ (GT) star bowler Rashid Khan fares in their IPL 2025 clash against RCB as well. He also added that the Afghanistan spinner was given only two overs in the GT’s 36-run win against the Mumbai Indians (MI) in their previous game as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Rashid Khan’s karamati darshan has not yet happened. Sai Kishore has been bowling beautifully, whether it was the first or the second match. In fact, Rashid bowled just two overs in the second match. When does it happen that he bowls only two overs? So how Rashid bowls is something that I really want to see because the last year was not good.”
“The weaknesses were evident in bowling and he had to come in the powerplay. People were not hitting him because the others were getting hit so much. However, that’s not the case this year. (Mohammed) Siraj and Prasidh Krishna have bowled well, they have got Kagiso Rabada, and they play Ishant Sharma as well. Kulwant Khejroliya is also sitting outside,” he again shared.
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While discussing the Gujarat Titans’ batting, Aakash Chopra stated that the franchise would be in trouble if Sai Sudharsan was ruled out of the game due to an injury he sustained in the match against the Mumbai Indians.
“The biggest question is the status of Sai Sudharsan’s injury. Sai scored fifties in the first two matches. God forbid, if he is not fit, this team will derail because this team’s batting is the top three, where one of them needs to bat till the 15th over. If one of them goes, and the guy who has scored two fifties in two games, then you have a problem,” he said.
“Shubman Gill has looked good in both matches. A big knock is missing. I remember a game here where (Virat) Kohli scored a century, and he (Gill) scored a century in the second innings to win them the game. Considering the form Shubman Gill is in and the way he is batting, could this be that game where he makes it really big?” Aakash Chopra concluded.
