The ex-Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has admitted that the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) might be in a troublesome state of affairs for the rest of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The 47-year-old identified that the RCB might need to herald the England all-rounder Liam Livingstone within the Taking part in XI in the course of the playoffs stage because the facet is only a win away from confirming its qualification.
The Bengaluru-based franchise will reportedly miss Josh Hazlewood companies within the conflict towards the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Could 17 and the remainder of the season. Jacob Bethell and Lungi Ngidi too may not be accessible to the crew for the playoffs, in the event that they attain that stage since each have nationwide commitments on their heads, which Chopra feels goes to harm the Bengaluru-based franchise.
“RCB already should not have Josh Hazlewood. They won’t have Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd and Lungi Ngidi. They may miss 4 gamers after they attain the playoffs, which suggests these gamers will not be there for probably the most essential matches. Jacob Bethell not being there may be okay as a result of Phil Salt is obtainable,” he stated on his YouTube Channel.
The previous opening batter insisted that RCB might need to incorporate Livingstone and Nuwan Thushara into their essential mixture, except they signal replacements for his or her unavailable abroad gamers. He additionally talked about that the absence of Jacob Bethell may not harm the franchise, as Phil Salt will be positioned instead of him.
“He (Salt) too is a part of the T20 crew, however the T20 collection is beginning on June 6. So he’s accessible until the ultimate if RCB attain there. Nevertheless, Josh Hazlewood not being there, and if Lungi Ngidi, who was thought-about to be his backup, and Romario Shepherd are additionally not there, instantly, you’ll have to play Liam Livingstone within the XI and go along with Nuwan Thushara, except, in fact, you signal any person else,” the Agra-born added.
Livingstone has scored simply 87 runs in six innings at a mean of 17.40 in IPL 2025. Sri Lanka’s Thushara, however, Thushara is but to play a recreation this season.
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