Former India player Aakash Chopra has praised LSG opener Mitchell Marsh for his consistent performances in IPL 2025. He added that Marsh, who wasn’t fit to bowl this season, might be the biggest value buy this season. However, Marsh scored 67 runs off 37 balls as LSG set the RCB a 228-run target in the final league game of IPL 2025 in
Lucknow on Tuesday, May 27. But his knock went in vain as the visitors achieved the target with six wickets and eight deliveries in hand.
Reflecting on LSG’s innings in a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “When they were invited to bat first, a new guy, Matthew Breetzke, had come. He is a South African and plays for the Durban Super Giants. He played a few good shots, but then he got out to a Nuwan Thushara full toss. Mitchell Marsh, you have to agree that he was a value buy.”
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“He is probably this tournament’s best value buy, when a guy you bought for less than ₹3.50 crore scores more than 600 runs. He was not bowling now. He will bowl next year and remain with you for the same money. I would say he was an outstanding acquisition,” he further added.
However, Aakash Chopra also praised Rishabh Pant (118* off 61) for scoring a stunning century in LSG’s IPL 2025 clash against RCB.
“Rishabh Pant came to bat up the order in this match. He came at No. 3. Pooran used to come to bat at No. 3 earlier, but he said he would come now as the tournament is over. The way he started playing from the first ball, he showed why this guy is special. It was his second IPL century,” he said.
“When you play with power, you hit very good shots on the on side. So people bowl wide to you. He was hitting over cover on one leg while falling. The shots he hit over the off side, you cannot use the bottom hand to hit there because if you do that, you will drag it towards the on side. However, if you hit on the off side with the same strength, it showcases your backlift and downswing and how you can throw your weight in that direction. It also showcases your unique ability,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
