Former India player turnd veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has praised Shubman Gill for scoring a match-winning hundred in India’s 2025 Champions Trophy clash against Bangladesh. He added that although the stylish batter is called the prince, he is as good as the king.
Gill scored an unbeaten 101 off 129 deliveries in the chase as India achieved the target with six wickets and 21 deliveries to spare as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Was this Gill’s best ODI innings? This was his eighth century but his first in an ICC event, and ICC centuries are different because the pressure is different. I think this is his best ODI hundred, although he has scored a double century as well.”
“We call him prince but he is no lesser than the king. He understands the template of ODI cricket so well. ODI cricket doesn’t happen that much. However, if he plays say 250 matches, he will finish as one of the greatest ODI batters ever. This century was definitely the best of his career. Considering the potential he has, especially from the ODI cricket perspective, the sky is the limit,” Chopra again added.
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In the same video, Aakash Chopra also praised Shubman Gill for not trying to replicate Rohit Sharma’s aggressive approach during their opening partnership in India’s 2025 Champions Trophy first match against Bangladesh.
“This knock was important as wickets were falling from the other end. It seemed like it might be a very easy run chase, but the job had become difficult. He kept his ego aside. Rohit Sharma was hitting fours one after the other but the guy was playing steadily because the big picture says the real hero is the one who wins the game,” he said.
“Anyone can be a showstopper but the show belongs to the one who wins in the end. He stood in the middle till the end. He first played second fiddle to Rohit Sharma. He knows extremely well how to drive the game forward. The ones who repeatedly put stars against their name become superstars,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
