India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin shares his verdict on England’s bazball method

The phrase ‘Bazball’ has develop into synonymous with the Ben Stokes-led England Take a look at workforce that has been availing the teaching companies of Brendon McCullum. By way of the attacking method, the English workforce beneath the Stokes-McCullum duo has received ten of the final eleven Take a look at matches.

Whereas many the world over are hailing and backing England’s aggressive model of play in red-ball format, India’s veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin isn’t fairly satisfied with such a batting method.

Talking about the identical on his official YouTube channel, the 36-year-old Tamil Nadu cricketer mentioned that the bazball method would, surely, falter in sure sorts of situations.

“You’ll be able to’t whack as you do in a T20. Secondly, we now have an idea known as Bazball. England is enjoying fast-paced Take a look at match cricket. They wish to play a sure model of cricket. However in sure varieties of wicket, while you try to assault each ball, you’ll falter. There are each benefits and drawbacks to this method,” mentioned Ashwin.

The world’s no. 2 ranked Take a look at bowler additional defined his level by sharing the recommendation he obtained from his former coach and said: “WV Raman used to inform me, “Hiya, mister. Don’t problem the situations. Will you go to a seashore and begin swimming as you do in a swimming pool? You’ll be able to’t, proper? Likewise, if you happen to ought to respect the pitch and play accordingly, the pitch will even respect you.”

Ashwin will subsequent be seen in motion within the third Take a look at of the four-match Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2023 that shall be performed in Indore from March 1. Notably, with the assistance of Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, India received the primary two video games in opposition to Australia and now leads the sequence 2-0.

Alternatively, England are at present on their New Zealand tour going through the hosts within the second Take a look at of the two-match leg. The touring party won the first game against the Kiwis by mammoth 267 runs.