Mumbai: In the T20 series against England, the defeat has to be digested. Shreyas Iyer had to lose both Ireland and England series after getting the captaincy in this format. And with the loss of the series Shreyas IyerQuestions about the leadership have also started to arise. Shreyas was given the captaincy, replacing T20 World Cup champion captain Suryakumar Yadav. After almost two and a half years, questions started to arise about suddenly making a player captain in the T20 format in the national team. Akash Chopra demanded to make Surya the captain again.

In fact, the former Indian opener has opted for an alternative T20 squad, with Surya as the captain. RCB has chosen as co-captain IPL Rajat Patidar is the winning captain. Akash has kept Sanju Samson and Yasaswi Jaiswal as openers in that team. Even though Samson failed in 2 matches in the Ireland series and the first match against England, Akash valued his experience. Co-captain Rajat Patidar is staying in the middle order. He is accompanied by Dhruv Jurel, Naman Deep and Kranal Pandya. Dhruva is a regular member of the Indian Test team. However, he has no experience in the national team jersey in the T20 format. On the other hand, Naman Deep caught attention in IPL and Kranal Pandya’s performance in RCB jersey in the last 2 seasons, Akash kept him in the team. KKRThe former Indian opener has given a chance to Anukul Roy, who caught the eye in the IPL in the jersey of , in his XI. But on TV, Akash, who repeatedly cheered for Rinku Singhay during the IPL, did not include the Knight star in this XI.

Akash has surprised in the bowling department. Bratya has kept Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the national team. Bhubi has consistently performed well in the RCB jersey in the IPL. Even after passing 36, Bhubi has repeatedly explained how much edge there is in his bowling. Along with him, Mohammed Siraj and leggy Yuzvendra Chahal as a spinner have been kept in the preferred eleven by Akash.

It should be noted that the first match of the India-England T20 series was washed away by rain. After that, Harry Brook’s team took over the series by winning three consecutive matches. Today, the two teams will meet in the last match of the regular season.