India captain Rohit Sharma hilariously took down hype around Bazball when asked to comment on Ben Duckett saying that England should be credited for India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal’s brilliant, aggressive hundred in third Test in Rajkot.
Duckett said England’s aggression with the bat in Test cricket has forced their opponents to play differently. However, this comment of Duckett backfired as he copped a lot of criticism with even former England captain Nasser Hussain admonishing the England opener.
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma made light of Duckett’s comment and reminded him of Rishabh Pant’s way of batting. Rohit also gave his thoughts on Bazball tactic of England batters and said that he doesn’t understand what the Bazball is.
“Yashasvi Jaiswal learning from Ben Duckett? There was a guy called Rishabh Pant in our team, probably Ben Duckett hasn’t seen him play.
I just don’t know what Bazball means. I haven’t seen wild swinging from anyone. England have played better cricket than they were here last time. But I still don’t know what Bazball means…,” said Sharma ahead of fifth Test.
Jaiswal has so far amassed 655 runs in eight innings at a stunning an average of 93.57 and is on the cusp of becoming the highest run-getters in an India vs England Test series.
(PTI/CricketNext inputs)
