Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra took centre stage and talked about Sarfaraz Khan’s exclusion from India’s Test squad for the upcoming tour of England the place either side will lock horns throughout 5 Test matches.

New Delhi:

The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) took centre stage and introduced Team India’s squad for the upcoming five-game Test collection towards England. Both sides will lock horns within the first Test from June 20, and with the squad introduced, it was revealed that ace batter Shubman Gill would be the new India Test captain.

The squad options the likes of KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, and plenty of extra stars. One of probably the most notable misses within the squad was batter Sarfaraz Khan. The batter was picked within the squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 however didn’t get an opportunity within the enjoying XI in any of the 5 Tests.

With his exclusion from the Test squad for the England tour, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra took centre stage and talked about how the BCCI didn’t present Sarfaraz with an opportunity to fail and dropped him. “Sarfaraz Khan is not part of the team. You have to obviously feel for the boy. Seeing him you are saying that he might not score runs, but he hasn’t failed. Neither did you play him in the BGT nor have you kept him in the team here. You wrote the kid’s obituary without giving him a chance to fail,” Aakash Chopra mentioned in a video on his YouTube channel. 

“However, he is also part of the India A squad. So score runs in the side games and show what they are doing is wrong. Show that you can score runs in England as well. It is actually up to you now to prove that point,” he noticed.

Furthermore, Aakash Chopra talked about Karun Nair being picked within the Indian Test squad after a hiatus of seven years. “Indian cricket has given Karun Nair another chance. He is a part of the team. Only time will tell whether he will get a chance to play or not. He will be a part of the India A squad as well. Score runs and put forth a solid case for you to be included in the XI,” he mentioned.

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