Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has picked the 2026 T20 World Cup squad picked by the former India head coach Ravi Shastri. Shastri selected his team with multiple top-order batters, including Yashasvi Jaiswal.
While Ravi Shastri’s team has the strength, it might lack practicality, as Aakash Chopra, a former cricketer turned commentator and cricket expert, observed. Chopra, in his recent social media post, expressed that chances to see batters like Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant playing for India in the upcoming ODI World Cup are very thin, but Shastri picked them both in his team.
In his analysis, Chopra mentioned that Yashasvi Jaiswal, who has a couple of ODI hundreds, is an interesting pick, but he may not be selected to the actual squad as he is not a part of it currently. Shastri placed both KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant in his team, which also seemed to be not possible in real life according to Chopra.
Chopra also expressed that Pant was treated unfairly by the Indian team management as he was dropped from the team without properly testing him in the format.
"He has picked Yashasvi Jaiswal. Very interesting choice. He has given many opening options. With KL Rahul, he has picked Rishabh Pant. This is a slightly different team he has made. Jaiswal has two ODI hundreds, yes."
"But will he make it? This is a tough question. Pant has been treated unfairly in ODIs, let's be fair. You dropped him without playing him, but will he be part of the team now? So late, or rather so close to the World Cup? Ishan is the flavour of the month right now," the former cricketer explained.
Aakash Chopra agrees with Ravi Shastri's choices for the all-round department
Aakash Chopra showed no issue with the all-rounder department decorated by Ravi Shastri without the pace-bowling all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy. In Shastri’s team, there are two experienced spin-bowling all-rounders, Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja, and Hardik Pandya as the fast-bowling all-rounder.
"He has included two left-arm spinners (all-rounders), Axar and Jadeja, along with Hardik Pandya. His team does not have a place for Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar, so he's gone with two spinners who are experienced and proper all-rounders, makes sense," Chopra added.
Ravi Shastri's team unlikely to be selected for the 2027 ODI World Cup
For the core bowling unit, there are Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammad Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Kuldeep Yadav in Ravi Shastri’s preferred playing team for the 2027 ODI World Cup. Aakash Chopra rated the team 8 out of 10 because of the interesting choices in the likes of Jaiswal, Pant, Shami and Kumar.
"Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammad Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Kuldeep Yadav. Kuldeep, Siraj, Bumrah, no questions asked. But both Shami and Bhuvneshwar, these are very interesting choices."
"With Shami, Bhuvneshwar, Pant, and Jaiswal as well, this is a very interesting team. I will give this team 8/10 because I feel a team like this may not be selected unless he becomes the selector himself. I feel a left-arm fast-bowler is missing, and it is not a likely 15," Chopra concluded.
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