Former India opener turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has praised the World No.1-ranked T20I batter Abhishek Sharma for his stunning consistency at the Asia Cup 2025 as well. He also showered his praise on the opener for scoring 30+ scores in all his appearances in the ongoing Asia Cup as well.
Speaking to ESPNcricinfo, Chopra said: “Yes, I see Abhishek Sharma’s game rising. Because today, actually, I mean, it’s now his fourth consecutive 30+ score, and this is something that T20 has taught us that 30 is that milestone when you start celebrating with Suryakumar Yadav scoring 13 or 14, almost 30+ scores, and you say, ‘Wow! That’s brilliant.’
“That’s consistency, so this is his fourth score when every single innings has come at 200 strike rates, barring this one, actually, this was 190… Why is he there? I mean, no total is too big or too far away from India’s reach. The two of them, the way they started. Just the quality of batting, the skill on display. The domination with which both of them have operated it’s of a very, very high class,” he stated.
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Akash Chopra further applauded Shubman Gill for his 47 runs off 28 balls, including eight boundaries against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 game. The veteran also credited Gill for playing at a similar strike rate as Abhishek Sharma despite his orthodox batting as well.
“Of course, Abhishek Sharma will be the one who’ll be talked about a bit for his sixes-hitting abilities, but Shubman Gill should also be appreciated and is celebrated today, actually. Because if Abhishek takes the aerial route, Shubman Gill is someone who plays along the ground and tells you that you can still score at the rate of noughts, and you can actually, might Abhishek Sharma not almost shot to shot but with the strike rate. So, it was some batting performance that completely decimated whatever Pakistan was trying to do,” he added.
“Gill is someone who’s a proper batter. He’s someone who’s technically so good. He’s someone who scores a lot of runs in Test cricket. So, when T20 cricket is played at a different level in a very different brand, will he actually take it to fish like water? He says, ‘Yes. I’ll lift my game, I’ll adapt and adopt a different style, and still be very good,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
