In the 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) finished their long wait for an elusive woman title. During the tournament, many youth left an impression, showing that there is no lack of talent in Indian cricket.
Former India opener Akash Chopra, who followed the tournament closely, recently selected IPL 2025 XI with only unaccounted players. He also nominated four impact options.
As an opener, he chose the Punjab Kings pair of Prabhasimran Singh and Priyash Arya. He mentioned that Prabhasimran scored more than 500 runs in the season, something that the great Rohit Sharma has done only once in his IPL career.
“I am going to start with two uncapricated Punjabis. Of course, Prabhasimran Singh and Priyash Arya, because they took the team to the finals. Priyanash Arya has started so beautifully. Prabasimran Singh did a season with 500-plus runs. YouTube channel.
Meanwhile, Chopra said that he had to choose the Vaibhav Suryavanshi of Rajasthan Royals and Ayush Mhatre of Chennai's Super Kings for the role of number 3, and finally went to the east, which became the youngest Centurion in IPL history at just 14 years of age.
“At number 3, I am keeping Vaibhav Suryavanshi. It happens once in a generation that a 14 -year -old child scores a hundred, and he did not stop there. He still batted well after that.
Chopra went with the destructive middle-order pair of Punjab Kings with disastrous middle-order pair at number 4 and number 5 respectively.
“At number 4, I have Nehal Vaidhera. Of course, the last knock was not good, but the boy has played regularly well. He plays spin and well. He has played an important role in taking Punjab forward. Shashank also played a role. Even in the finals, he made a hit from Josh Hazing, she won with the first four balls.
The cricketer-turn-commentator then chose Naman Dhir of Mumbai Indians as his number 6 batsman and said that he could contribute more that he had recently batted the order in the Sambhal season.
“After that, I have also kept Naman Dhir. He has batted very well. I think if he was a little emphasis in the order, he must have contributed a lot. He is a great player,” he expanded.
Chopra discovered IPL 2025 to Vipraj Nigam
20-year-old Vipraj Nigam impressed fans as well as experts along with fans in IPL 2025 for Delhi capitals. Chopra described him as a discovery of the tournament and predicted that he would first play for India compared to the rest.
“After that, I have chosen Vipraj Nigam. An unprecedented all-rounder. I felt that he was searching for the tournament. He might be as soon as possible to play for India. He bowls the leg-spin as soon as possible, the ball changes rapidly, the ball changes, and the ballplay, and the powerplay and middle overs.” He said. “
Harpreet Brad of Punjab Kings received a node at number 8 for accurately bowling and taking big wickets. Chopra also indicated his utility as a batsman.
“After that, I am keeping Harpreet Barr. He bats and bowling. He didn't play all the matches, but whenever he used to play. He used to bowl at one place. He also took some big wickets.
Chopra chose three pacers to complete the line-up. He named Yash Dayal from RCB, Vijaykumar Vyashak from Punjab and Ansul Kamboj from Chennai. Chopra said that he considered Ashwani Kumar and Arshad Khan's choice, but eventually went with Kamboj because he looked like a player who could do well for a long time.
“After that, I have chosen three pacers. There is one Yash Dayal. He won the team. He has been good. He bowled down slow balls and Yorker. He bowled in different stages. Vijaykumar Vishaq again took the team into the final. The opportunity,” Chopra said.
He said, “I was thinking about Ashwani Kumar and Arshad Khan. I was also thinking about Prince Yadav. Akash Singh also bowled well, but I have to go with Ansul Kamboj because he looks like a long -term possibility,” he said.
The 47 -year -old chose Matre, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Suyash Sharma and Digwesh Rathi as four impact options.
Akash Chopra's unkapped xi: Prabhasimran Singh, Priyash Arya, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nehal Vaidhera, Shashank Singh, Naman Dhir, Vipraj Nigam, Harpreet Brar, Yash Dayal, Vijaykumar Person, Ansul Kamoj
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