Former England captain Michael Vaughan has ripped apart Ben Stokes and Co for not acknowledging that there’s a drawback and for being adamant about their strategy and mindset in Test cricket after an embarrassing loss to India within the third match in Rajkot on Sunday, February 18. Vaughan additionally mentioned that their mindset of enjoying for a outcome, whether or not win or lose, as a part of their strategy to entertain folks, is disregarding the worth of a draw, particularly in an extended sequence like this.
“Listen to them, and you would think nothing is ever wrong. Jimmy Anderson said they would chase 600 in Vizag. Ben Duckett said âthe more the betterâ in terms of their target this week, but they fell 434 short. Duckett also reckons they deserve credit for the way Yashasvi Jaiswal is batting, as if no player in history has ever played an attacking shot,” Vaughan wrote in his column for The Telegraph. “They talk about not playing for the draw, but to me thatâs disrespectful to Test cricket. The draw is a crucial part of the game, and in five-Test contest has often provided the bedrock of some great series victories.”
The former English captain took an extra dig on the guests saying that Joe Root‘s dismissal within the first innings in Rajkot whereas reverse-scooping Jasprit Bumrah, was a reminder of that this England workforce is in its personal bubble and desires to be content material with what they do and suppose however warned them that there’s extra to Test cricket than simply that.
Vaughan referred to India’s second innings to drive his level residence. Vaughan gave the instance of how Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill constructed their innings. Both Jaiswal and Gill took just a few balls initially to get into their respective innings, earlier than going all out. Jaiswal, particularly. Vaughan mentioned that it should not be all the time about batting positively at each given level and that the batters ought to bat in accordance to the state of affairs.
“England make out that everything is positive but they need to be having conversations about how to bat better. This was the worst defeat under Stokes and Brendon McCullum and one that exposed their method. They cannot take the aggressive at every opportunity, they have to pick their moments,” Vaughan additional added.
Ben Stokes was hopeful that there’s nonetheless an opportunity for England to win the sequence however they may have to give you an impressed efficiency within the fourth Test in Ranchi to make it degree, which seems tough in the intervening time.
