Both the giants are in Grade B. India’s vice-captain Axar Patel has been kept in Grade C in the T20 World Cup 2026. Former Indian cricketer and current commentator Aakash Chopra is not happy with this.
What did Aakash Chopra say about Akshar Patel?
Aakash Chopra has tweeted on the popular social media platform X. He tweeted and said, ‘What else will Akshar Patel have to do to get all that he deserves? Three format player, vice-captain in one format. Grade C?’ Let us tell you that Akshar plays all three formats for India. He is an important part of the current Indian team in all three formats.
Aakash Chopra also raised questions about these players
Apart from this, Aakash Chopra also raised questions. He also asked why KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav were not kept in Grade A. Questions were also raised on Arshdeep Singh being in Grade C.
Aakash Chopra said, ‘If Jadeja and Gill are in the grade then why are Hardik, Rahul and Kuldeep not? Even Arshdeep should not have been in Grade C.
These players got BCCI central contract for 2025-26
grade A- Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah.
grade B-Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav and KL Rahul.
Grade C-Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudarshan, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dubey, Arshdeep Singh, Akash Deep, Varun Chakraborty, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Dhruv Jurel and Prasidh Krishna.
