Former India player Aakash Chopra has added that finding a substitute for pacer Khaleel Ahmed could be one among the questions for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) before their IPL 2026 match against the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH). He shared that the five-time champions may also want to deal with their batting depth issue with that selection as well.
Nevertheless, CSK will tackle SRH within the twenty seventh game of IPL 2026 in Hyderabad on Saturday, April 18. Each teams have 4 points from five games to this point, with the house team placed three places higher at fifth within the points table as a result of a superior net run rate.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Who will are available place of Khaleel Ahmed? Whom will you choose on this game? Will you get Mukesh Choudhary in his place, or will you ought to get Ghosh because your batting is ending at No. 7? Jamie Overton shouldn’t be at No. 7. He’s a No. 8 batter. It hasn’t made a difference to this point, however it possibly can.”
“You should complete a hat-trick of wins. You should do what GT have done. You want to stitch those victories together, but Ruturaj Gaikwad’s form, that’s a matter obviously, because Ayush Mhatre is respiration down his neck,” he shared.
‘Shivang Kumar is bowling thoroughly’ – Aakash Chopra
Nevertheless, Aakash Chopra also wondered whether the SunRisers Hyderabad could add Liam Livingstone of their playing combination against the Chennai Super Kings as well.
“There is simply one thing for Hyderabad. Can you concentrate on Liam Livingstone because they’re continually twiddling with three overseas players? Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, and Eshan Malinga play there. So Livingstone might be the fourth, or Dilshan Madushanka is on the market now,” he stated.
“You may take into consideration him, though they now have Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain. That’s excellent news there. The main focus was once on Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, and Nitish Kumar Reddy earlier. The main focus has shifted barely to the 2 recent kids, who took center stage within the previous game. Shivang Kumar is bowling thoroughly. I see him getting used well in the center,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
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