Recently England’s Kevin Pietersen, signaled that Bazball doesn’t work against spin in the subcontinent bowling after England’s two consecutive losses against India during the T-20 international matches just before the Champions Trophy. India is hosting England for a five match T20 series. India currently leads by 2-0. During the second T20 India won by two wickets where both the spinners Axer Patel and Varun Chakravarthy took two wickets each. Also during the first t20 match where India won by seven wickets both the spinners Axer Patel and Varun Chakravarthy took two and three wickets respectively. Also spinner Ravi Bishnoi managed to limit England to 22 runs in four overs with an impressive economy of 5.50.

What is Bazball?

“Bazball” emerged as a cricket terminology in 2022, derived from the nickname “Baz” of Brendon McCullum, who took over as England’s Test cricket head coach. Coined by Andrew Miller of ESPN Cricinfo UK, the term describes England’s distinctive aggressive approach to Test cricket that took shape after McCullum’s appointment alongside new Test captain Ben Stokes, both selected by Rob Key, England cricket’s managing director, in May 2022.

India and England will play their next T20 match on 28 January at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. Tilak Verma played a steady and impactful innings in the last T20I and led the team to victory.