In addition to that, Aakash Chopra is delighted as Mohammed Siraj will be seen inside the nets.
Sijar impressed during the Indian Premier League this year will be seen on filed with the Indian Test team. The right-hand pacer has picked up 21 wickets from 17 IPL matches. however, his first-class average is even better averaging 18.92. In his last three first-class matches, Siraj bagged with 25 wickets. He played one match against Australia A and two matches against South Africa A.
Prithvi Shaw has been scoring runs consistently in the first-class cricket since his debut in January last year.
He started off with a century scoring 120 runs against Tamil Nadu. The 18-year-old showed great form while playing Test matches for India A. Moreover, he notched scores of 188 and 136 against West Indies A and South Africa A respectively. However, Aakash Chopra is happy to see the Mumbai batsman is going to be a part of the Test squad. Recently, he scored 129 runs off 81 balls in the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Railways.
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Aakash Chopra also talks about the Karun Nair and Rohit Sharma who is not a part of the Test side. He, however, wants to see the combination of the Indian team and how the youngster will contribute for the nation.
“Happy for Prithvi, Mayank and Siraj…but what about Nair and Rohit? Food for thought….”
Happy for Prithvi, Mayank and Siraj…but what about Nair and Rohit? Food for thought…. #lunchtime #aakashvani pic.twitter.com/Uo3O8KoQQX
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 1, 2018
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