Former India player Aakash Chopra has applauded Aiden Markram for scoring a century in the fourth innings of the 2025 World Test Championship (WTC) final as well. While applauding Markram’s technique, he added that the opener reminded one of former legendary South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “He is the only South African batter to score a hundred in an ICC men’s final. He became the third centurion in WTC final history. He is the first to score a hundred in the fourth innings. Let me put my hand up. I had said that the decision to bowl first after winning the toss wasn’t a good one because there would be fourth-innings pressure. 282 runs are a lot, but he dwarfed that total. His technical foundation is excellent. He reminds us a little of Jacques Kallis.”

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However, Aakash Chopra also stated that Aiden Markram needed to change his game, considering he was playing T20 cricket for the last two months as well.

“What would have been the difficulties for Aiden Markram? One, he was playing only T20 cricket for the last two months. So he had to unlearn his T20 habits and then focus on Test cricket. That’s a difficult job. Secondly, he got out for zero in the first innings. That was also a problem. Wickets have fallen here with the new ball. If you see the first three innings, wickets had fallen with the new ball in every inning. He ensured that he came with a positive mindset,” Aakash Chopra concluded.