"Unfair If You Don't Take Him": Aakash Chopra On India Star's T20 World Cup 2024 Selection

Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra said on Sunday that swashbuckling opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is undroppable from Team India at the moment and it would be unfair if he is not included in the squad for the ICC T20 World Cup this year in the West Indies and the USA. Jaiswal's fine run in T20I cricket continued as an explosive half-century by the southpaw helped India secure a series win against Afghanistan in the second T20I at Indore. Speaking to JioCinema following India's win, Chopra said that Jaiswal is now above Shubman Gill in the pecking order in T20Is.

"Yashasvi is going. Again, the way he is batting. You will feel it would be unfair if you do not take him. Sometimes you are undroppable, meaning he is selectable. That is why he is here, making runs. Now he has gone beyond (Shubman) Gill. But now you will not be able to touch him," said Chopra.

Aakash also warned that if Jaiswal does not get a ticket to the West Indies and the USA for the World Cup, India will be repeating the same old mistake of having a slow start of play in the shortest format.

"You should not even try for it (not selecting Jaiswal) because you need something like this while batting. Otherwise, it will be the same as 2022; again and again, everything will be the same, the style of playing will be the same and only the year has changed," said Chopra.

Jaiswal has played 16 T20Is so far, scoring 498 runs at an average of 35.57 with a strike rate of 163.81. He has scored a century and four fifties so far in 15 innings, with his best score being 100.

In the 12 matches he has won with India, Jaiswal has made 487 runs at an average of 44.27 and a strike rate of 167.35. His one century and four fifties have all come in winning efforts. His run count in