Many cricket fans started demanding inclusion of Yashasvi Jaiswal after India lost the first T20I match against West Indies as the batters of the Indian team failed in chasing a target of 150 runs in the first T20I. The experiments in regard to batting positions also irked many cricket fans as Sanju Samson batted at number 6 and Tilak Varma batted at number 4.
Now India has lost the second T20I as well and this has further strengthened the voices which were demanding the inclusion of Yashasvi Jaiswal in the squad. The former Indian cricketer and one of the most popular commentators of the present times, Aakash Chopra has shed his opinion in this matter and this is what he said on his YouTube channel, “Can there be a change from the Indian team’s viewpoint? It has been a point of discussion that Sanju Samson should come at No. 3, and SKY (Suryakumar Yadav) should be moved to No. 4, Tilak Varma to No. 5 or No. 6 and Hardik (Pandya) at No. 5.”
He further added, “Why should you do that? It’s going fine the way it is. In my opinion, there isn’t a lot of scope for change. Only one batter is sitting outside, that is Yashasvi Jaiswal. You want to play Yashasvi Jaiswal but where will he play? Should you change the team after one match, unless you see the pitch and it has a lot of grass, so you play all fast bowlers, or else it is an extremely turning pitch, so you drop a fast bowler. Other than that, why would you make a change in the XI? So if everybody is fit and available for selection, I feel India will play an identical team. I am not even saying almost identical. The team that played in the last match, the same team can play here.”
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