Former India opener Aakash Chopra is currently one of the hottest properties on social media platforms. He is considered to be one of the best commentators in the country. Recently, Chopra sat down to pick his current best ODI XI. He made surprising picks including leaving out Pakistan’s Babar Azam, who is arguably one of the modern-day greats.
Aakash has been in the news with his sharp analysis of the game. He has carved a niche for himself for calling spade a spade. Recently, Aakash Chopra came out with his ODI XI among the current generation. Surprisingly, he left out Babar Azam from the playing XI, who is among the top 5 ODI batsmen.
Eoin Morgan to lead the current ODI XI of Aakash Chopra
The cricketer from Delhi picked Indi’s Rohit Sharma and West Indies wicket-keeper Shai Hope to open the innings followed by the talismanic Virat Kohli. While Rohit and Kohli have taken the art of batsmanship to a new level, Hope has been doing the job away from all the attraction.
Ross Taylor, Eoin Morgan, Shakib Al Hasan, and Ben Stokes will form the middle-order. World Cup-winning skipper Morgan is also the skipper of the side while Shakib and Stokes set the stage on fire with their all-round performances in recent times.
India’s Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav, Australia’s Mitchell Starc, who finished as the highest wicket-keeper in the consecutive World Cups, and Kiwi star Lockie Ferguson will complete the pack of bowlers, to sum up, the XI. Meanwhile, among others, Jasprit Bumrah and Pat Cummins failed to make the cut.
Aakash Chopra’s current ODI XI:
Rohit Sharma, Shai Hope (WK), Virat Kohli, Ross Taylor, Eoin Morgan (Capt.), Shakib Al Hasan, Ben Stokes, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Babar Azam (12th man)
