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

The phrase ‘Bazball’ has develop into synonymous with the Ben Stokes-led England Take a look at workforce that has been availing the teaching providers of Brendon McCullum. Via the attacking strategy, the English workforce underneath the Stokes-McCullum duo has gained ten of the final eleven Take a look at matches.

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

Talking about the identical on his official YouTube channel, the 36-year-old Tamil Nadu cricketer stated that the bazball strategy would, indubitably, falter in sure sorts of circumstances.

“You possibly can’t whack as you do in a T20. Secondly, we now have an idea known as Bazball. England is taking part in fast-paced Take a look at match cricket. They need to play a sure type of cricket. However in sure sorts of wicket, once you try to assault each ball, you’ll falter. There are each benefits and downsides to this strategy,” stated Ashwin.

The world’s no. 2 ranked Take a look at bowler additional defined his level by sharing the recommendation he received from his former coach and acknowledged: “WV Raman used to inform me, “Whats up, mister. Don’t problem the circumstances. Will you go to a seashore and begin swimming as you do in a swimming pool? You possibly can’t, proper? Likewise, in case you ought to respect the pitch and play accordingly, the pitch may also 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 will likely be performed in Indore from March 1. Notably, with the assistance of Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, India gained the primary two video games towards Australia and now leads the sequence 2-0.

However, England are at the moment on their New Zealand tour dealing with the hosts within the second Take a look at of the two-match leg. The touring occasion gained the primary recreation towards the Kiwis by mammoth 267 runs.