Former India opener Aakash Chopra has opined that Delhi Capitals’ last year’s hero Jake Fraser-McGurk might not remain in their playing XI if he is not among the runs as well. He also wondered where KL Rahul would be played in the DC batting lineup. However, Fraser-McGurk had scored 330 runs at a strike rate of 234.04 in nine innings in IPL 2024 but he hasn’t been in great form lately as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “The overarching theme is where would KL Rahul bat. Will Abishek Porel play at No. 3 as he is the only left-hander possible, or else you will have to send Axar Patel up the order? KL Rahul would play very well if he were to play as an opener. No. 3 is the last number I am thinking, because you have Jake Fraser-McGurk and Faf du Plessis. Just like (Phil) Salt returned to form, Jake Fraser-McGurk might too, but it will be worth watching, or else the ultimate explosive batter of 2024 won’t be able to survive the entire season in 2025 if he doesn’t score runs consistently. So Jake Fraser-McGurk’s form and KL Rahul’s number will be in focus.”

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Talking about the Lucknow Super Giants, Aakash Chopra added that the choice of openers would be their first concern before their IPL
2025 clash against the Delhi Capitals as well.

“They have a lot of concerns. They have to first figure out their openers. Mitchell Marsh is available as a batter. They have Aiden Markram and Matthew Breetzke. You want to play two out of these three, but from where will you get the Indian bowling for that?” he said. “Where will Rishabh Pant bat? There were even discussions on whether Rishabh Pant can open. He can, he is the captain, but will he? Not required, to be very honest. So both Delhi and Lucknow might have two overseas openers. It’s possible, unless LSG don’t find enough Indian bowlers.”