Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that one shouldn’t be delighted about a cameo from Rohit Sharma in India’s 2025 Champions Trophy clash against Bangladesh. He added that the Indian skipper should convert his starts into three-figure scores as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said: “We must acknowledge that Rohit played well as long as he played. I might sound like a broken record but if he is going too hard too soon, the team falls slightly behind when he gets out. It won’t work out if we get happy with 40 runs from a 100-run batter. However, he (Rohit) got some runs because you don’t want to go into a match against Pakistan with no runs under your belt. Axar Patel was brilliant. He consistently kept bowling at one spot. He picked up two wickets very quickly. He was on a hat-trick but a catch was dropped at slip.”

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In the same video, Aakash Chopra also appreciated Harshit Rana for picking up a three-wicket haul on his Champions Trophy debut as well.

“Rana ji’s story is that he takes three wickets. He took three wickets on his Test debut, three wickets on his ODI debut, three wickets on his T20I debut, and he took three wickets on his ICC debut. He was also quite okay. So we have got an answer to the question. Harshit Rana and Shami are going to play. Arshdeep and Rishabh Pant are not going to get any chances because Rahul also scored runs before leaving. Rahul got a life. Jaker Ali dropped a catch in the deep. The match might have become more interesting if he had taken the catch but KL Rahul batted decently before leaving,” Aakash Chopra concluded.