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Talking on his YouTube channel, Chopra introduced up the truth that Yuzvendra Chahal has been disregarded of India’s ODI squad for a very long time, regardless of not performing badly.
“Yuzvendra Chahal has been totally finished. His file has been closed. I have got no idea why they did that,” stated Chopra.
“It is an interesting case. He last played in January 2023. So it’s been two years for him. His numbers are also very good. He has picked up a lot of wickets and was consistently doing well,” Chopra stated.
Chahal has picked up 121 wickets in simply 72 ODIs for India, however has not featured for India in any format since August 2023. The wrist spinner gave the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024/25 a miss, and Chopra stated that him not that includes for 2 years meant he was by no means a contender for the Champions Trophy 2025 squad.
“Because it’s been two years since it (Chahal’s file) has been closed, there is no place for Yuzi also here because as soon as you suddenly pick him out of the blue, it will be seen as a regressive step,” Chopra stated.
India picked as many as 4 spin-bowling choices for the Champions Trophy, within the type of Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Washington Sundar, however Chahal was by no means actually within the operating.
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