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Aakash Chopra questions Yashasvi Jaiswal’s consistency after RR’s IPL 2025 loss vs GT

Former Indian Test opener Aakash Chopra has questioned Yashasvi Jaiswal’s consistency in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025. The left-hander was caught at deep point against Gujarat Titans after scoring only six runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

In the last game against Punjab Kings, Jaiswal had scored 67 runs off 45 balls. But barring that knock, the left-hander has struggled to get going in the ongoing season. The southpaw has scored 107 runs in five matches of the tournament at an average of 21.40 and a strike rate of 127.38.

Furthermore, Chopra also questioned Rajasthan Royals’ captain Sanju Samson’s decision to bowl first after winning the toss.

“Why do you bowl first? I am asking that question because the team batting first is scoring 200. If we talk about this week, there were seven consecutive innings when 200 runs were scored. The chasing team also scored 200 but didn’t win the match. When a score more than 200 has been chased only once, bat first after winning the toss,” Chopra said on his YouTube Channel.

“Sanju (Samson) played well. Riyan Parag played well for some time. Shimron Hetmyer played really well, but Dhruv Jurel got out, and Yashasvi got out at the start. He has had three failures. He has scored runs in one match but gets out too cheaply too often these days. It’s not a good thing,” he added.

On the other hand, Chopra also praised GT’s lanky pacer Prasidh Krishna. The fast bowler continued his rich form, returning with impressive figures of 3-24 in his quota of four overs after accounting for Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, and Jofra Archer.

“A common thread is clarity. Everyone has been given a role. Think about Prasidh Krishna. Everyone says you need to do bowl yorkers and learn the knuckle ball and the back-of-the-hand slower ones to be successful in T20s, that you need to do variations and shouldn’t bowl similar balls,” he said in the same video.

“Prasidh Krishna could have been asked to bowl with the new ball because he was bought so expensive, and everyone should do that. However, Ashish Nehra said his strength is that he gets bounce while bowling back of the length because of his height and high-arm release. So he got Arshad (Khan) and (Mohammed) Siraj to bowl with the new ball. The clarity was top quality,” Chopra observed.

Gujarat Titans will next take on Lucknow Super Giants at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Saturday.

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