Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Shubman Gill will replace KL Rahul in Indore Test, says Aakash Chopra
Former India batter Aakash Chopra has said that Shubman Gill will come in for KL Rahul as India’s opener in Indore. India is set to face Australia in the third Test of the four-match Border-Gavaskar series on March 1.
Chopra says Gill will replace Rahul in Indore Test (AP)
By India Today Web Desk: Former India batter Aakash Chopra has said that Shubman Gill will come in for KL Rahul as India’s opener in Indore. India is set to face Australia in the third Test of the four-match Border-Gavaskar series on March 1.
Speaking on JioCinema’s show ‘#AakashVani’, Chopra said he can see Gill starting the third Test against Australia because of his brilliant form, adding that the opener also scored runs in India’s Test series against Bangladesh.
“The probable eleven will be Rohit Sharma, Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj, and Mohammed Shami. For the eleventh member, it can be Shubman Gill, because we have to mention his brilliant form in test matches. He has also made runs against Bangladesh in those matches,” said Chopra.
He went on to say that Rahul being removed as vice-captain of the team indicates that his place is no longer cemented in the starting line-up.
“When the announcements came KL Rahul has been removed from the Test Vice Captain position, which is basically telling the world that since you are not the vice-captain, you can be dropped, so there might be a change in that part. Although Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma both have backed up Rahul’s talent, Rohit also found himself in that position where he was backed up by the team in 2012 or something, and now we know how well he has played since then,” Chopra added.
The former cricketer said that Gill will come in for Rahul as the opener of the Indian side for their Test match against Australia at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.
“So, they want to invest that much in Rahul as well, but the time has come that Rahul won’t be part of the team and Shubman Gill will replace him, as I think, so I wish Shubman Gill well. It is a good time to score runs if we look at it from the Indian perspective,” said Chopra.
