Axar Patel of India celebrates with teams (photo Francois Nel/Getty Images) India has already provided a place in the Super 4 phase of the Asia Cup 2025, but the former cricket and commentator Aakash Chopra suggested an interesting idea: Why not send India also a team? Chopra explained that Afghanistan, considered the second best team in Asia after India, fights their launching at the tournament. “Bangladesh is still alive after Afghanistan injury, but Afghanistan is difficult to burst. Bowling is fine, the field is fine, but the batting is a problem,” he said.
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Chopra also compared the Indian settings with Pakistan. He noted that the Pakistani batting set is weaker than the second Indian chain. “If you compare Pakistani batting with India A, our second team is probably stronger. Pakistan actually does not have a winner in the whole album like us,” he said. He created parallels with the past strategy of Australia, where Australia and participated in the quadrangular series in 1994 next to the main team. The Australia side continued to defeat England and Zimbabwe and achieved the finals. Chopra believes that a similar approach could benefit India, which would frighten and exhibit young players while maintaining a strong main team. He suggested a strong India that a group can include players such as Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajat Patidar, Kl Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi and Yuzvendra Chahal. Chopra believes that this would give India an advantage and help develop the future winner of the matches. Chopra also emphasized that the current Indian senior team is dominant both in barbling and bowling, but exposure to the second team can ensure that talented players do not miss the limited slots.
