IPL 2023: SRH should make Bhuvneshwar Kumar the captain, says former India cricketer Akash Chopra - India Today

Former India cricketer Akash Chopra has said that SunRisers Hyderabad should make India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar the captain over Mayank Agarwal for the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League.

Chopra says Bhuvneshwar Kumar should captain SRH (PTI)

By India Today Web Desk: Former India cricketer Akash Chopra has said that SunRisers Hyderabad should make India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar the captain over Mayank Agarwal for the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League.

Speaking on his Youtube channel, Chopra said Bhuvneshwar should be made captain of SRH over Mayank Agarwal.

“I feel they should make Bhuvneshwar Kumar the captain. Mayank Agarwal is an option. But I will say don't do that because the guy plays amazingly well and the one year he has played as captain, it has not been good. Why should you put pressure?,” said Chopra.

He went on to say that SRH have made a very good team for the upcoming season, adding that they have impact players in their squad.

“They have made an extremely good team. They have spent money with the thinking that they need specialists, that they don't need to break the bank for all-rounders, for the simple reason that you can make up for the all-rounder's absence through the impact player,” Chopra added.

The former India batter said the only player SRH could not get was England’s Ben Stokes, adding that they were not looking at him as a captaincy alternative anyway.

“We all felt no one will be able to stop them when they put in their bids. They had 42 crores. They placed bids on 13 players and got 12 of them. The only guy they could not get was Ben Stokes and I don't think they mind because they didn't see Ben Stokes from the captaincy viewpoint,” said Chopra.

He said SRH have already got three good Indian batters up the order, adding that he likes the setup of their team.

“They have got Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi. They said they won't be able to give a place to Ben Stokes in the top three - fair point. To have three Indians at the top, I absolutely adore that idea. After that, you have kept three overseas players to do the difficult job,” Chopra added.