‘Bazball against Ashwin, Jadeja and Axar will be fascinating’: Former England captain Nasser Hussain | Cricket News – Times of India
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England’s cricket team has been refining this tactic with each series against different opponents, and now they will be put to the sternest test yet against India.
The five-match Test series against India is scheduled to commence on January 25, 2024, and the matches will be held at Hyderabad, Vizag, Rajkot, Ranchi, and Dharamsala.
The spotlight will be on England’s Bazball approach, as they face India in their second demanding Test, particularly against the formidable spinners such as Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Axar Patel.
These Indian spinners are renowned for their exceptional performance in Indian conditions, making it a formidable challenge for England’s batting lineup.
The series is expected to be highly exciting as England’s bowling unit confronts India’s powerful spin assault in the ultimate Test of skill and strategy. Cricket fans and experts are eagerly anticipating this Bazball clash, which promises to be a fiercely contested and enthralling series between two formidable teams.
“So England have options. It’s the next test for Bazball. They said Bazball will work against one side, then they moved on to the next side. Then they moved on to New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan. The next challenge is India and everyone knows India in India is one of the sternest challenges in Test match cricket,” Nasser Hussain told ICC. “It’s Bazball against spin. Bazball against Ravi Ashwin, (Ravindra) Jadeja and Axar Patel and that is going to be fascinating,” he further added.
Hussain believes England have some good depth in their bowling ranks who are more than capable of performing well in India.
“Jack Leach will (hopefully) be back and Rehan Ahmed is a very good second spinner, as we saw in Pakistan. Josh Tongue has bowled really well. Ollie Robinson is a very skilful bowler. Unfortunately, someone like Olly Stone is injured and obviously Jofra Archer is injured. You need that extra pace as well in India. So England have got…they’ve got that lad (Gus) Atkinson at Surrey, who has a lot of good things being said about him,” Hussain said.
(With ANI inputs)
