Former India participant Aakash Chopra has famous that Suryakumar Yadav led the Males in Blue properly within the T20I collection towards Australia and has been on a series-winning spree as a captain. Nevertheless, he highlighted that the Indian skipper must return to his run-scoring methods.
India beat Australia 2-1 within the lately concluded five-match T20I collection, with the primary and closing video games not yielding outcomes resulting from rain. Suryakumar aggregated 84 runs at a median of 28.00 in 4 innings.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ the previous India opener mirrored on the guests’ taleaways from the T20I collection towards Australia. As for Suryakumar, he mentioned:
“Suryakumar Yadav hasn’t scored that many runs, though his captaincy fashion and his profitable run have been excellent. Nevertheless, he himself hasn’t scored too many runs, which can be a actuality, and that should change. Many individuals, together with myself, believed that the Australian pitches would swimsuit him and that he would rating runs right here.”
Whereas acknowledging that SKY, as he’s fondly known as, appeared headed to a giant rating within the collection opener in Canberra earlier than rain halted play, Chopra expressed slight concern concerning the Indian captain’s lack of runs.
“Nevertheless, runs have not been scored. Like Shubman (Gill), it by no means appeared like he was out of shape. He might have scored quite a lot of runs in Canberra, nevertheless it rained, and he did not get to bat within the final match. Him not scoring runs is a little bit of a setback,” he noticed.
Suryakumar Yadav was unbeaten on a 24-ball 39 when rain ended proceedings within the first T20I towards Australia. He aggregated 45 runs in his different three innings, failing to transform two begins into extra substantial efforts.
“The rise and rise of Axar Patel” – Aakash Chopra on India’s different takeaways from AUS vs IND 2025 T20Is
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Whereas observing that Varun Chakaravarthy has emerged as the popular specialist spinner forward of Kuldeep Yadav, Aakash Chopra praised Axar Patel for proving that he’s as helpful as Hardik Pandya.
“We obtained to know that if there’s a selection and solely one among Kuldeep and Varun can play, Varun is barely forward within the T20 race. The rise and rise of Axar Patel. He has been excellent. We discuss Hardik Pandya being an important cog on this workforce as a result of he brings steadiness. Take a look at Axar Patel, he does the identical factor,” he mentioned in the identical video.
The cricketer-turned-commentator additionally appreciated Shivam Dube and Washington Sundar for his or her performances with ball and bat, respectively.
“He (Axar) bats, bowls, and does an excellent job. In case you see Axar Patel’s contribution within the final match you gained, you’d say excellent. So Axar Patel deserves a really particular point out. Shivam Dube’s bowling deserves a point out as a result of he bowled very properly. Washington Sundar batted very properly. That deserves a particular point out,” Chopra elaborated.
Axar Patel scored 45 runs at a strike charge of 128.57 in three innings and picked up two wickets at an financial system charge of 6.87 in two innings within the T20I collection towards Australia. Whereas Shivam Dube accounted for 3 essential dismissals within the 5 overs he bowled, Washington Sundar smashed 61 runs at a strike charge of 203.33 within the two innings he performed.
Edited by Kartik Iyer
