Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has come out stressing the fact that Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson stand little chance of making it to India’s squad for the 2025 Champions Trophy. Even though SKY has done excellent work on the field in T20Is, Chopra said he hasn’t played a single ODI to this date and didn’t really enjoy great form in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Chopra chose Shreyas Iyer as he is playing in great form currently and also has a strong contribution to the domestic cricket. He also chose all-rounder Hardik Pandya stating that the player is indispensable for the team if he is fit.

“Suryakumar Won’t Be Part Of The Team”

“I feel Suryakumar Yadav won’t be a part of this team. He is actually not playing ODIs and hasn’t scored runs in Vijay Hazare as well. Sanju Samson hasn’t played at all. One didn’t play and the other didn’t score runs, so their names are not going to come,” Chopra explained on YouTube.

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“Suryakumar Yadav isn’t there but Shreyas Iyer is. Since the start of the World Cup, he has scored 620 runs in 15 innings, with two centuries, at a strike rate of 112 and an average of 52. Iyer is on fire.”

“Hardik Pandya Has To Be In The Team”

“Hardik Pandya has to be in the team, there is no doubt about that. He is playing the Vijay Hazare and played the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as well. He has played a lot of cricket because the question was that he doesn’t play,” he said.

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Aakash Chopra’s Predicted Squad For India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, and Arshdeep Singh.