NEW DELHI: India earned widespread reward for his or her aggressive batting strategy within the second Check towards Bangladesh in Kanpur. Regardless of two and a half days being washed out resulting from persistent rain, the hosts nonetheless managed to safe a snug seven-wicket victory on the ultimate day.
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan sparked controversy when he commented on India’s aggressive batting, noting, “I see India are enjoying Bazball.”
Vaughan’s remark, posted on X (previously Twitter), referenced England’s ultra-aggressive strategy below coach Brendon McCullum, dubbed “Bazball.”
In his newest column for The Hindu, Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar took a pointy dig at sure former specialists, with out naming anybody, suggesting that the outdated powers are keen to assert credit score for India’s present strategy.
“Sadly, whereas the batting was thrilling and refreshing, the names given to the strategy have been the identical outdated, usual. Simply as any scandal is now referred to as this-gate or that-gate after the Watergate scandal over 50 years in the past in the USA of America, this Indian batting strategy was labelled this-ball and that-ball after the time period “Bazball” was coined for the England staff’s batting angle. It was referred to as this as a result of “Baz” is the nickname of their coach, Brendon McCullum from New Zealand, who batted precisely as his staff is doing – throwing warning to the winds in an try to attain runs.”
Sunil Gavaskar praised the Indian captain Rohit Sharma for his transformative affect on the staff’s enjoying type.
“Whereas one paper referred to as the Indian batting “Bossball” as a result of the captain or “boss” of the staff, Rohit, had proven the best way, some from the outdated powers referred to it as “Gamball” after the Indian coach, Gautam Gambhir. Whereas the England batting strategy modified fully below the brand new regime of Ben Stokes and McCullum, we’ve got seen over the past couple of years that Rohit has been batting like this and inspiring his staff to take action as effectively,” he mentioned.
“Gambhir has solely been teaching for a few months, so attributing this strategy to him is foot-licking of the very best high quality. Gambhir himself infrequently batted on this style like McCullum used to do. If any credit score is due, it’s solely to Rohit and no one else,” he added.
