The 31-year-old has been one of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) star performers with the willow in IPL 2022 so far. He has smashed 205 runs in six matches at a strike rate of 173.73. Last season, he scored 397 runs in 17 matches for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at a strike rate of 140.28.
In a question-and-answer session on his YouTube channel, Chopra was asked if the SRH batter could find a place in the Indian team on the basis of his impressive IPL performances. Lavishing high praise on the right-hander, the 44-year-old lamented that it doesn’t look possible, explaining:
The right-handed batter made his IPL debut in the 2017 season and has featured in every subsequent edition of the T20 league.
“Tripathi is in a long queue” - Aakash Chopra
Explaining why he doesn’t think the in-form batter can progress to the Indian team as of now, Chopra pointed out that there is no vacancy in the top order. He elaborated:
Citing the example of Team India and KKR all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, Chopra added:
Tripathi has 1590 runs to his name from 68 IPL matches at an average of 27.89 and a strike rate of 140.21. His SRH team are currently fifth in the table with eight points from six games. Hyderabad will next be in action when they take on Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday, 23 April.
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