Aakash Chopra explains why he thinks Yashasvi Jaiswal will be preferred over Ruturaj Gaikwad in India playing XI vs South Africa for 1st ODI | Cricket News
With India set to start the white-ball leg of the South Africa series, there has been a lot of speculations on where Ruturaj Gaikwad will play. Gaikwad has been in hot form, slamming 210 runs in 3 ODIs for India A against South Africa A recently which helped him return to the national side. Former India batter Aakash Chopra, however, does not see Ruturaj coming back into the playing XI just yet. “According to me, Yashasvi Jaiswal with open the Indian innings with Rohit Sharma. Why? 2 reasons. Firstly, the left-right combination and secondly, in the pecking order Yashasvi is a little bit ahead of Ruturaj. It’s an important series for Jaiswal because he has come in place of the captain. So even if you don’t get much chances, the ones you get, you have to grab them,” Chopra posted on X. “Virat Kohli will come in at no.3, KL Rahul, the captain will come in at No.4. Rishabh Pant will be at No.5 and if you are thinking, why not Tilak Varma, then let …
