Last Updated: February 27, 2024, 16:47 IST
Virender Sehwag (left) took a shot at England’s Bazball after Ranchi end result. (Pic Credit: IG/AP)
England have suffered their first Test collection defeat of Ben Stokes-Brendon McCullum period with India storming to an unassailable 3-1 lead.
England began their India tour on a promising be aware, successful the Hyderabad Test to take a 1-0 lead within the five-match collection. However, by the point the fourth Test ended, regular companies had resumed with India extending their dominating house run by clinching a record-extending seventeenth straight collection win.
Indian batting legend Virender Sehwag took a dig at England’s current efficiency on X (previously Twitter).
He shared present World Test Championship (WTC) factors desk the place England occupies the second-last spot, solely forward of Sri Lanka.
Sehwag, some of the aggressive openers in Test historical past, reckons England’s combative ‘Bazball’ strategy might need entertained followers however it’s but to supply optimistic outcomes persistently.
England, beneath captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum, have been following the aggressive strategy with the bat and the ball in Test cricket, a philosophy that has helped them obtain some success.
Since the duo took over the cost in 2022, England remained unbeaten in all their Test collection earlier than falling sufferer to India within the ongoing tour.
Referring to their failure in India, Sehwag wrote, “Karlo Entertainment, England. Jeet jaisi boring cheez Bharat, Australia, New Zealand kar lenge (Keep entertaining, England. India, Australia and New Zealand can do the boring job of winning.”
New Zealand proceed to guide the WTC rankings, having gained three Tests within the ongoing cycle. India maintain the second spot with 5 victories and one draw whereas Australia comply with them on the record. The reigning WTC champions have registered six victories in ten matches. Meanwhile, England have managed solely three wins and one attract 9 Tests.
England kicked off the tour of India on a dominant be aware as they gained the opening Hyderabad Test by 28 runs. The guests, nonetheless, did not proceed the momentum within the following matches as a consequence of repeated batting failure.
In the fourth Test, England had been bundled out for 145 runs of their second innings. Ravichandran Ashwin was the game-changer for India because the veteran off-spinner fetched a five-wicket haul. Kuldeep Yadav additionally shone on the event and received a four-fer beneath his belt.
