The former player of India, Aakash Chopra, urged Shubman Gill to follow his usual model and not to try to beat too aggressively in the men of the 2025 Asian Cup 2025 Super Four Clash against Pakistan. He noted that Gill did not need to beat as explosively as Sanju Samson simply because he replaced him at the top of order.
India will face Pakistan in the second Super Four match of the 2025 Asia Cup in Dubai on Sunday, September 21. Suryakumar Yadav and the company had recorded a categorical victory with seven gohets in match A between the two games in the same place on September 14.
In a video shared on his Youtube channel “Aakash Chopra”, the former Opener-Prime of India estimated that Gill should play his natural game and not try to follow the approach of Samson.
“Abhishek Sharma has played well so far. He gives departures at a typing rate of 200 in each match. He has marked 30 races in fast double and gave everyone a chance to breathe. However, Gill did not shoot.
“It is therefore an area that we must approach. Although it is in our mind that Gill came in place of Sanju and should do a job like Sanju, give an explosive beginning, but these are not this kind of land. 200 races will not be marked here. So Gill, you have to do what you are probably doing better than everyone,” he added.
Chopra stressed that Gill must lift deep in the sleeves, especially if Axar Patel is not available because of the head injury he suffered in the last group match in India against Oman.
“You just have to beat deeply in the sleeves. After that, when you wish, after you have been put and have played seven to 10 overs, I don’t care if you go out while trying to hit a six. However, you have to be there so that this team drums more deeply, especially if Axar is not there and you have a slight lack of depth in the stick. Chopra.
Aakash Chopra stressed that India will not be able to play an additional striker as a replacement for Axar Patel if the versatile spin-body is excluded from the game. He estimated that Arshdeep Singh would come in the XI as second sailor specializing in such a scenario.
“He will only be sent the order” – Aakash Chopra on the probable shock position of Sanju Samson in Ind VS Pak Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 Clash
In the same video, Aakash Chopra estimated that Sanju Samson should bring the order despite a score of 45-ball 56 to n ° 3 in the previous match of India against Oman.
“I think they will not send Sanju Samson to n ° 3 even now. He will only be sent, although the evidence of the last match suggest that Sanju can play at n ° 3 and Tilak Varma can play even n ° 7. However, they will have to return it because this is against Pakistan,” he said.
The cricket player who became commentary chose the Bowling of India against the Pakistan striker as the key battle of the Sunday match.
“The showstopper of this match could be the bowling of India against the Pakistan striker. Pakistan’s striker must get up and be counted because they were stuck even against water. You would not have reached where you reached Shaheen Shah Afridi did not hit these six years,” said Chopra.
While acknowledging that the shortest format and the Bowler launch in Dubai could bring the two parties closer, Aakash Chopra estimated that India would begin as business favorites. He noted that this could be a unilateral game if Pakistan strikers are unable to negotiate the 12 Overs of Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav correctly.
Published by Kartik Iyer
