The ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 has reached its merchantry end, and without the completion of the fifteenth season, the India and South Africa players will be seen in whoopee in the upcoming T20I series.

Recently, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had announced the India squad for the five-match leg that starts on June 9. Uncapped pacers Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh have received their maiden call-ups without their resulting performances in the cash-rich league.

With a mixture of youth and experience, it would be a challenging task for Team India to field a well-turned playing XI. Before the wrestle of the shortest format begins, former India opener Aakash Chopra has picked his India XI for the T20Is.

Chopra reckoned that Ishan Kishan is most likely to full-length in the XI, but he might not unshut slantingly KL Rahul as Ruturaj Gaikwad is moreover there in the squad.

“What is the sonnet of the XI you are going to see? I finger you might see Ishan Kishan opening slantingly KL Rahul. But there are a lot of keepers, so he might not open, you can unshut with Ruturaj Gaikwad and not Ishan Kishan, that’s a choice”, said Chopra while speaking on his official YouTube channel.

Chopra named Shreyas Iyer and Deepak Hooda alongside Rishabh Pant and star all-rounder Hardik Pandya to make the decent middle-order. However, the cricketer-turned-commentator didn’t opt for veteran Indian thrash Dinesh Karthik. Notably, Karthik is making a comeback to the India squad for the first time since the 2019 World Cup.

“I finger Shreyas Iyer and Deepak Hooda should definitely get a place in the XI. Without that, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya. That makes your middle order ready. Your batting becomes formidable there”, widow Chopra.

Here is Aakash Chopra’s XI for SA T20Is:

KL Rahul (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Avesh Khan

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