Legendary South Africa cricket staff star AB De Villiers took a sly dig at England’s ‘Bazball’ method whereas praising India for his or her batting show on Day 1 of the primary Test match in Hyderabad on Thursday. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets every to bundle out England for simply 246 earlier than posting 119/1 in 23 overs. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal started the innings in aggressive trend and De Villiers stated that greater than ‘Bazball’, it was a very good studying of the state of affairs by the openers.
“India batting at 8/9 rpo (runs per over) at the start of their innings here. You don’t have to call it brave, bold or bazz ball, it’s literally just playing the situation. Identifying moments in a Test match where u can get ahead in the game is what it’s all about. When the momentum shifts, u adapt and absorb for a period and wait for that moment again,” De Villiers posted on X (previously Twitter).
And finally, in case you do not respect the totally different moments and momentum shifts within the recreation, it can find yourself biting u, it doesn’t matter what type of ball you are enjoying
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) January 25, 2024
The aggressive technique of Test batting referred to as ‘Bazball’ (named after the nickname of England coach and former New Zealand cricket Brendon McCullum” dominated headlines forward of the collection. However, other than Ben Stokes, not a single England batter was in a position to cross the 50-run mark in opposition to India.
Jaiswal was batting on a 70-ball 76 whereas Shubman Gill was unbeaten on 14 on the finish of the day’s play, as India trailed by 127 runs after shedding skipper Rohit Sharma (24).
England captain Ben Stokes gained the toss and opted to bat first.
The guests have been off to a decant begin with openers Zak Crawley (20) and Ben Duckett (35) including 55 runs at a reasonably good tempo earlier than Ravichandran Ashwin gave India their first breakthrough by having Duckett trapped in entrance of the wicket.
Stokes top-scored with 70 off 88 balls and was the final English wicket to fall, bowled by Jasprit Bumrah (28).
Jonny Bairstow contributed 37 off 58 balls earlier than he was accomplished in by an attractive supply from Axar Patel (2/33).
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin bagged three wickets apiece whereas there have been two every for Axar and Bumrah.
(With PTI inputs)
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