Former India player Aakash Chopra has applauded Shubman Gill for playing a perfect knock in the Gujarat Titans’ (GT) IPL 2025 clash against the Delhi Capitals (DC). He added that Gill started cautiously before pressing the accelerator when needed. Gill (93* off 53) and Sai Sudharsan (108* off 61) added an unbroken 205-run opening partnership to take the team home with an over to spare and seal their berth in the playoffs.

Reflecting on the Gujarat Titans’ chase in a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Shubman Gill was going very slow. It seemed like he was going at a run-a-ball. However, he then slog-swept Axar Patel for two sixes, and then he hit a six against T Natarajan, and how well he batted after that. This has been his season. He is technically compact. He doesn’t play any shot seeing which you would say he is taking a lot of risk or is feeling a lot of pressure. They needed 10 runs per over, it was a 200-run target, and they chased it by snapping their fingers. They were slightly behind the eight ball at one stage, but that also didn’t matter.”

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However, Aakash Chopra also praised Sai Sudharsan for continuing his great run in IPL 2025.

“Sai Sudharsan has become the second name of consistency. How can a player play so clean like pure desi ghee in T20s? He played properly all around the ground. He doesn’t play even one bad shot. You cannot associate ugly with his game, but he runs at a strike rate of 170,” he said.

“No one has scored 1000 runs faster than him, and the Orange Cap is on his head currently. He has come with so much hunger. He is saying that he is here to stay. A 200-run total has been chased for the first time without losing a single wicket. The two kids have together created history,” Chopra concluded.