England batter Ben Duckett slammed a superb 153 within the first innings of the third Test at Rajkot however he has acquired extra criticism for his remark in the course of the course of the match than reward for this phenomenal efficiency. Duckett, whereas prasing Yashasvi Jaiswal, had claimed credit score on his group’s behalf for uplifting him to play an excellent innings. Duckett had mentioned, “When you see players from the opposition playing like that, it almost feels like we should take some credit that they’re playing differently than how other people play Test cricket.”
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The remark didn’t go down effectively with the India followers and former cricketers. They felt that Jaiswal’s sport had nothing to do with ‘Bazball’. Truth is that Jaiswal has beforehand additionally batted with a strike charge of over 100 earlier than in his brief Test profession.Â
Former England captain and now an knowledgeable with Sky Sports Cricket, Nasser Hussain, got here down closely on Duckett for his assertion, saying it’s England who should be taught from Jaiswal. “The comment on Jaiswal that he has learned from us, I am going to touch on that. He has not learned from you, he has learned from his upbringing and all the hard yards he has put in while growing up, he has learned from the IPL. If anything, I would look at him and learn from him,” Hussain instructed Michael Atherton on the Sky Sports podcast.
Hussain additionally warned Ben Stokes and Co of changing into sufferer of their self-created cult known as Bazball. He mentioned that self-introspection is required and it will not happen if the dressing room doesn’t wish to see the lackings on Bazball. “So, whatever they are saying in public and in that dressing room, I hope they are going back into their room with self-introspection. I can look at that lad and learn from him. Otherwise, it becomes a cult, doesn’t it? At times, Bazball has been described as a cult where you cannot criticise either within or externally. Even in this regime, there is room for learning and improving,” Hussain added.
“Yashasvi Jaiswal hasn’t learned from you, he’s learnt from his upbringing. If anything you should look at him and learn”.
What a reply by Nasser Hussain to Ben Duckett…!!! _pic.twitter.com/LrWneMaZKG
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 19, 2024
While Bazball has rightly been praised for altering the way in which England play Test cricket, its success charge isn’t too heartening. Truth is that England haven’t been capable of win many collection since taking part in Bazball. They draw the Ashes and didn’t win in opposition to New Zealand. One extra loss and India tour additionally goes down the drain.
The fourth and final Test begins in Ranchi from February 23. England are trailing by 1-2 within the 5 match collection. The final Test will probably be performed in Dharamsala.
