‘We can’t copy others style of play’ – Star India bowler’s take on Bazball for team India in Tests
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Star India bowler, Ravichandran Ashwin has opined that the players who want to play with the Bazball approach will not be taken into consideration by the selectors and fans of the Indian Cricket Team because the playing style in India is totally different. Ashwin talked about why Bazball is useful for the Three Lions and not useful for Men in Blue.
“We are playing Test cricket very well. But we will go through a transition soon. And things won’t be easy during that phase. There will be a few issues here and there. But let’s assume India adopts Bazball during this phase. Let us assume a player throws his bat at everything like Harry Brook and gets out and we lose two Test matches. What will we do? Will we back Bazball and the players?” Ashwin was quoted as saying on his YouTube channel.
We have qualified for the semi-final of almost all major tournaments: Ravichandran Ashwin
“We will drop at least four players from our playing XI. That’s how our culture has always been. We can’t copy others style of play just because it worked for them. It works for them because their management is fully in with this style of play, their selectors back the players to play this way. In fact, even their crowd and Test match-watching public are backing the team in this process. But we can’t do this,” the veteran off-spinner added.
In the end, the Tamil Nadu-born cricket talked about the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023, He stated the fans should support the Indian Cricket Team throughout the tournament. “Winning a World Cup is not easy guys. Just because we play a certain player or drop a certain player, we can’t win. All of us are hindsight kings. The hindsight operations don’t work here. We have qualified for the semi-final of almost all major tournaments. On that day we haven’t been good enough,” the 36-year-old asserted.
