Veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has praised Tilak Varma for playing a match-winning knock in the second T20I against England in Chennai as well. He shared that the youngster was bound to take the game deep at Chepauk, which is MS Dhoni’s home ground when he plays for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as well. However, Tilak scored an unbeaten 72 off 55 deliveries in the chase to help India register a two-wicket win with four deliveries in hand.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Tilak Varma, the superstar. We sometimes call someone a superstar very early. We also call someone a great or a legend very early these days. I am not saying that he is already a superstar but he is on the way. He went till the end and didn’t throw away his wicket. 18 runs were required, eight wickets had fallen, and he had already hit five sixes, so he could have tried to hit three more sixes. However, he said he would go deep. The match was at Chepauk, it’s Dhoni’s home, so the guy should go deep while chasing.”

In the same video, Aakash Chopra also shared that Tilak Varma has made the most of the opportunity while batting at No. 3.

“I am reminded repeatedly about the time when he would have knocked on the door and asked Surya to make him bat at No. 3, and that he wouldn’t let him down. A captain has a hunch, sometimes he gives that chance and sometimes he doesn’t. Surya gave him the chance in this case and the guy hasn’t looked back since. Tilak Varma came to bat at No. 3 again and how well he batted. The leg-side shots he is playing, a ball he hit off Jofra’s bowling went to Marina Beach and didn’t return. Then he hit another six, and then a six against Carse,” Aakash Chopra concluded.