Aakash Chopra has questioned who ‘Mr Fix-it’ is, a senior player who has reportedly expressed his wish to become India’s interim captain amid the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25. While not revealing his guess, the former India batter opined that the player he is thinking about might be given that role.
India are 1-2 down in the five-match series against Australia heading into the final game starting in Sydney on Friday, January 3. Questions have been raised about captain Rohit Sharma’s place in the team due to his indifferent form.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, the former India opener reflected on some of the reports stemming from the visitors’ camp. As for a senior player wanting to become the interim captain, he said:
India won their last two away Test series in Australia under Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane’s captaincy. They won the first Test of the ongoing series under Jasprit Bumrah’s captaincy but have lost two and drawn one game since Rohit Sharma joined the team and took over the leadership role.
In the same video, Aakash Chopra spoke about Cheteshwar Pujara’s qualities that might have tempted Gautam Gambhir to reportedly ask for the veteran batter’s inclusion in India’s BGT 2025-25 squad.
However, the cricketer-turned-commentator added that the entire Indian think tank should have been on the same page if Pujara had to be included.
Aakash Chopra concluded by opining that a player like Cheteshwar Pujara is needed. He added that either KL Rahul can become that player or Shubman Gill has that ability, with Yahasvi Jaiswal already doing very well.
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