Team India has also given Ravi Bishnoi and Washington Sundar a chance for the T20 series against Afghanistan. Both players are part of Team India. But Aakash Chopra believes Sundar and Bishnoi will not make a place in the starting XI for the first game in Mohali. He believes Team India can give a chance to Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav. Kuldeep and Akshar are very experienced and have delivered excellent performances on many occasions.
Akash believes that Akshar will definitely get a place in the playing XI. According to a news story in India Today, he said, “Akshar will definitely play.” Akshar is also left-handed. If Washington wants to give Sundar a chance too, it will be difficult. I think Akshar will play at number 7. If you keep only one spinner at number 8, it is Kuldeep Yadav. If Kuldeep plays at number 8, Team India will field three bowlers. There will be fog here too.
If we look at Akshar's T20 performance so far, it has been good. He has played 50 matches for India so far. 45 wickets were taken during this period. Akshar's best performance in a match was taking 3 wickets for 9 runs. He also scored a half-century in this format. Talking about Kuldeep Yadav, he too has shown amazing performances on many occasions. Kuldeep has played 34 matches and taken 58 wickets during this period. His best performance in a match was taking 5 wickets for 17 runs. Kuldeep's best T20 score for India was 23 not out. Therefore, it is possible that India will give priority to Kuldeep and Akshar in the playing XI.