'Bazball Getting A Taste Of Jasball': Fans React As Yashasvi Jaiswal Slam T20-Style Fifty vs England

‘bazball getting a taste of jasball’: fans react as yashasvi jaiswal slam t20-style fifty vs england

Rohit Sharma’s India find themselves in a comfortable position in the first Test vs England at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. India are undefeated at home for over a decade, winning 16 consecutive series since their defeat to England in India in 2012.

England, on the other hand, have also not lost a series since Ben Stokes took over as captain. Since Stokes-McCullum’s collaboration, England have won 13, lost four and drawn just one Test in 18 matches. All eyes were on England on how they would handle Indian spinners while sticking to their Bazball style of play.

England won the toss and opted to bat. They got off to a good start, with openers adding 50-run stand quickly, however, Indian spinners soon took control and demolished the batting, bundling the visitors out for a mere 246. R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each while Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah accounted for two wickets.

Stokes was the only batter who resisted the Indian bowling and played a 70-run knock to help England reach near the 250-run mark. Meanwhile, England got the taste of their own medicine when they stepped onto the park with the ball.

England made a strange move and opted to go in with three spinners, with Mark Wood as the only pacer. The spinners were taken apart by Indian openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma. Jaiswal was in a destructive mood and slammed a T20-style fifty in just 47 balls. Rohit Sharma was also fluent and played crisp shots before being dismissed for 24 in an attempt to play big shots.

Fans took to social media and gave hilarious reactions to England’s misery in the field.

Meanwhile, Ben Stokes revealed that coach Brendon McCullum hates the term ‘Bazball.’

“Bazball. It’s a phrase that got created in the media. It’s something that we try and stay away from. Baz hates it. Whenever that word pops up, we just try and say that’s how the England team plays its Test match cricket,” Ben Stokes said in an interview to JioCinema.