A five-wicket haul by spinner Ravindra Jadeja and top-notch knocks from skipper Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, double centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal and debutant Sarfaraz Khan made England's 'Bazball' brand of cricket surrender to Team India in their home conditions, losing by 434 runs in the third
In a veiled dig at England over is 'Bazball' style of cricket after India steam-rolled the visitors by a massive 434 runs in the third Test at Rajkot, with a day to spare, skipper Rohit Sharma said staying in the game for all five days was more important than winning in two or three days.
After opener Ben Duckett slammed a century on day two, England batting could not capitalise on the fine start and lost their eight wickets for just 95 runs. A key highlight of England's collapse was Root losing his wicket while attempting a reverse scoop. Later, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman
The five-match Test series has been levelled at 1-1, and the two sides have assembled at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot for the second match, starting from Thursday.
England had taken a 1-0 lead by beating India by 28 runs in the first Test at Hyderabad, but Bumrah's 'Boomball', his pin-point yorkers and his ability to put batters under pressure put England's highly-attacking, positive and result-oriented "Bazball" approach in check during the second Tes
Though England tried to go all guns blazing against India with their 'Bazball' school of cricket, playing a more positive, attacking and result-oriented cricket, it had to bow down to the greatness of pacer Jasprit Bumrah and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
The second Test between 'Bazball' and India spinners will begin in Visakhapatnam on Friday, with hosts finding themselves in a similar position as they did almost four years ago.