IND vs AUS: Time has come for Shubman Gill to replace KL Rahul – Aakash Chopra ahead of 3rd Test

The
former
India
opener,
who
recently
got
into
a
Twitter
war
of
words
with
Venkatesh
Prasad
over
Rahul,
suggested
that
captain
Rohit
Sharma
and
coach
Rahul
Dravid
have
backed
Rahul
for
his
talent
and
they
want
him
to
do
well.
He
went
on
to
add
that
the
Karnataka
batter’s
sacking
from
Test
captaincy
role
made
it
clear
that
he
could
be
dropped
in
the
upcoming
Tests.
Chopra
also
praised
Gill
for
his
brilliant
form
and
wished
him
luck
in
advance
for
the
third
Test
in
Indore.

“For
the
eleventh
member,
it
can
be
Shubman
Gill,
because
we
have
to
mention
his
brilliant
form
in
Test
matches.
He
has
also
made
runs
against
Bangladesh
in
those
matches.
When
the
announcements
came
KL
Rahul
has
been
removed
from
the
Test
Vice
Captain
position,
which
is
basically
telling
the
world
that
since
you
are
not
the
vice-captain,
you
can
be
dropped,
so
there
might
be
a
change
in
that
part.
Although
Rahul
Dravid
and
Rohit
Sharma
both
have
backed
up
Rahul’s
talent,
Rohit
also
found
himself
in
that
position
where
he
was
backed
up
by
the
team
in
2012
or
something,
and
now
we
know
how
well
he
has
played
since
then.
So,
they
want
to
invest
that
much
in
Rahul
as
well,
but
the
time
has
come
that
Rahul
won’t
be
part
of
the
team
and
Shubman
Gill
will
replace
him,
as
I
think,
so
I
wish
Shubman
Gill
well.
It
is
a
good
time
to
score
runs
if
we
look
at
it
from
the
Indian
perspective,”
Chopra
said
while
hosting
JioCinema’s
daily
sports
show
‘#AakashVani’.

IND
vs
AUS:
Many
subplots
in
third
Test
–
Aakash
Chopra

Referring
to
India
playing
without
a
vice-captain
and
Australia
taking
the
field
without
their
regular
captain
Steve
Smith,
the
45-year-old
said
that
there
were
“many
subplots”
in
the
third
Test.
Notably,

Cummins
went
back
to
Australia
after
the
Delhi
Test
to
visit
her
mother
who
is
suffering
from
breast
cancer.
He
also

predicted
India’s
XI
for
the
Holkar
Test
match.

“There
are
many
subplots
in
the
3rd
Test
match
of
India
vs.
Australia
in
the
Border
Gavaskar
Trophy
because
there
is
no
vice-captain
in
our
team
and
Australia
doesn’t
have
any
captain
in
their
team.
For
Australia,
Pat
Cummins
hasn’t
returned
yet,
so
Steve
Smith
is
going
to
lead
the
team
in
his
absence.
The
probable
eleven
will
be
Rohit
Sharma,
Pujara,
Virat
Kohli,
Shreyas
Iyer,
Ravindra
Jadeja,
Ravichandran
Ashwin,
Axar
Patel,
Mohammed
Siraj,
and
Mohammed
Shami.”

India
have
beaten
Australia
in
the
first
two
Test
matches
in
Nagpur
and
Delhi
and
are
leading
the
series
2-0.
A
win
in
Indore
will
see
them
qualify
for
the
final
of
the
World
Test
Championship
(WTC)
2021-23.