Former Indian player-turned-cricket analyst has faced Jasprit Bumrah, who is more intimidating than former Pakistani pace veteran Shoaib Akhtar, who was known as one of the world’s most deadly pacers for his shelter speed and toe-to-foot-core yorker.
India and Pakistan have always faced a handful of fighting over the years with all platforms, it politically, on the border shared by neighboring countries, or even in international sports events. Both countries have produced some mythological names in the game of cricket.
Two such names can easily be modern Indian great Jasprit Bumrah and former Pakistani Pesar Shoaib Akhtar. Next to the Asia Cup 2025, as many players engage in funny conversations, a former Indian batsman chooses Bumrah on Akhtar as a speedster.
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Jasprit Bumrah reached a new level in international cricket
Former Indian batsman Akash Chopra, during his recent appearance on the Crex’s YouTube channel, was asked if he could give a name that was more scared, whether it is a Pakistani legend Shoaib Akhtar or Indian star Jaspreet Bumrah.
Chopra, who used to play for India at the time, when Akhtar was in his peak years for Pakistan, did not hesitate to take the Indian pacer as it faced more scared bowlers instead.
Jasprit Bumrah can undoubtedly be called the greatest pacers in the world; However, the bowler is not known as a deadly or cruel as Shoaib Akhtar, who scared the batsmen with his crazy pace.
Jasprit Bumrah made his debut for India in 2016, and in this decade of international cricket, he played 48 Tests, 89 Odis, and 70 T20I and has taken 219, 149 and 89 wickets for India in all three formats, respectively.
Akash Chopra named a batsman whom he will pay to see
Also, in the video, when Akash Chopra was asked to take a batsman which he would pay to see, he chose Indian veteran Virat Kohli. Virat has already retired from testing and T20i formats and will join only one day cricket.
He was last seen in India’s colors in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy and was last seen with Willow in IPL 2025 for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kohli has been part of India’s winning campaigns in the 2011 ICC World Cup, 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, 2024 ICC T20 World Cup and 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.
He is the Indian player who has played the most ICC final for India, as he has shown 7 ICC finals so far. He will soon be seen in action with men in Blue on his white ball tour for Australia. He has 9,230, 14,181 and 4,188 runs in testing, ODI and T20I formats for India.
Chopra chose former IPL star to talk about cricket all day
When he selects a player, with whom he could talk about cricket throughout the day, he chose East India and CSK star Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently retired from IPL cricket, but regularly appeared to be involved with the game with his podcast on YouTube with his podcasts.
Ashwin was also chosen by former Indian team partner Cheteshwar Pujara for this role. The veteran all -rounder depicted 106 Tests, 116 Odis, and 65 T20I for India and finished with a 765 -wicket tally, which is the second for India.
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