Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has praised Tilak Varma for scoring his second successive hundred in the fourth T20I between India and South Africa. He light-heartedly said that Suryakumar Yadav might be wondering whether he made the
right decision to let Tilak Varma bat at his own No. 3 position as well. He smashed an unbeaten 120 off 47 deliveries as India posted 283 for one after opting to bat first in Johannesburg on Friday, November 15 as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Tilak Varma came at No. 3 and Suryakumar Yadav might be thinking why he did that. He (Tilak) knocked on his door and said – ‘Surya bhau, make me bat at No. 3’, and he has scored two back-to-back centuries at No. 3. Sanju became the first player to score three T20I centuries in a year, incidentally, he has done it in five matches only. Tilak Varma became the second Indian, Sanju became the first Indian recently, to score two back-to-back centuries.”
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In the same video, Aakash Chopra also shared that the Mumbai Indians (MI) got a favourable deal as they retained Tilak Varma relatively cheaply as well.
“I am thinking what a great deal the Mumbai Indians have struck. They have picked Tilak Varma cheaply. If Tilak had reached the auction after these two centuries, ₹15 crore would have been sure. However, any which way, India thrashed them a lot,” he said. “In fact, I felt they slowed down a little in the end. If they had not slowed down, they would have scored 300 runs as well. No one was taking catches. Tilak Varma batted extremely well. He was hitting sixes even with reverse sweeps but South Africa came after applying butter on their hands.”
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“Then Arshdeep Singh was on a hat-trick but he missed that. The opposing team was absolutely demolished. Arshdeep Singh has said that he would also not go for less than ₹15 crore because death, taxes, and wickets with the the new ball for Arshdeep Singh are permanent,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
