Rohit Sharma is not one to mince his words and when in form – not with the bat, but on the mic, Sharma can be as entertaining as anybody, and talking about ‘Bazball’ and ‘that’ Ben Duckett comment, Sharma was at his wittiest replying to a query in the pre-match press conference ahead of the fifth and the final India vs England Test in Dharamsala.
Duckett of course had raised eyebrows after claiming that England should be credited in part for India opener Yashaswi Jaiswal’s attacking hundred on the third day of the Rajkot Test. Duckett said England’s aggression with the bat in Test cricket has forced their opponents to play differently.
Duckett coped a lot of criticism for his comments with even former England captain Nasser Hussain admonishing the England opener for his ill-advised comments. Sharma tore into Duckett when reminded about the comment.
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“Yashasvi Jaiswal learning from Ben Duckett? There was a guy called Rishabh Pant in our team, probably Ben Duckett hasn’t seen him play,” said Sharma, adding that he still does not have a clue on what Bazball is.
England’s newfound approach nicknamed Bazball had brought them success for an extended period since Ben Stokes took over the Test captaincy and Brendon McCullum was appointed as their head coach, but in this series, England suffered their first series defeat since the Bazball era started.
“I just don’t know what Bazball means. I haven’t seen wild swinging from anyone. England have played better cricket than they were here last time. But I still don’t know what Bazball means…,” said Sharma.
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Hussain had earlier rejected Duckett’s claim and instead advised England batters to introspect and learn how to pace their innings from the young Jaiswal who peeled off a scintillating double-century, the second such score of his seven-Test career.
“So the comment on Jaiswal, he’s learned from us. Again, I’m going to touch on that. He’s not learned from you. He’s learned from, as I say, his upbringing and all the hard yards he had to put in growing up, and he’s learnt from IPL,” Hussain told Mike Atherton on Sky Sports Cricket.
Jaiswal has so far amassed 655 runs in eight innings at a stunning an average of 93.57 and is on the cusp of becoming the highest run-getters in an India vs England Test series. Duckett, on the other hand, with his aggressive approach, has managed 314 runs in eight innings at 39.25.
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