Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra has praised Rohit Sharma for scoring a stunning century in the second ODI against England in Cuttack on Sunday, February 9. He said that the Indian captain’s return to form with a hundred made them win well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “It feels good when we win the match but even better when Rohit Sharma scores a hundred. Rohit Sharma returning to form is the big headline. There are many aspects to that. The first is just the player aspect. In the last 10 matches or so (including Tests), he had an average of nearly 11, scored just one fifty, and had plenty of single-digit scores.”

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“There were serious question marks and no one can deny that. The outcry had become louder when he got out in Nagpur. So the question was how he was going to respond. Was he going to go hammer and tongs, or give himself time? I was convinced that Rohit had to play 80-100 balls. The form wasn’t going to return without staying at the ground for 25-30 overs,” he added.

However, Aakash Chopra applauded Rohit Sharma for taking the England attack to the cleaners pretty well.

“He started aggressively here. Luck was in his favor once, a catch wasn’t dropped but the ball didn’t hit the middle of the bat. However, after that, he just turned it on and how. He hit a straight six and then a six with a flick. I was a little wary that he shouldn’t get the leading edge while playing the flick, but that didn’t happen. Then he hit a six off (Mark) Wood. He was absolutely sensational. It was poetic justice that he hit a six off a spinner to reach his hundred. When he scores a century, the match never goes close. It was a chase of more than 300 runs and nearly six overs were left,” Aakash Chopra concluded.