Former England cricket Kevin Pietersen revealed why Bazball is not working in India, because they are now on the verge of losing a liquid T20I series in five matches after an unpleasant defeat of the Test Series for the Indian Criter Tema last year.
During recent interactions with fans on X, former South African born England, it was asked why Bazball did not work in India. Responding to the fan’s request, Pietersen revealed a great flaw in the aggressive strategy of the main coach All-Format in England brandon McCullum.
Kevin Pietersen explains why Bazball does not work in India
Significant is that Bazball is an aggressive cricket style that the English National Cricket team has adopted since the former Captain of New Zealand Brendon McCullum became their main coach. This new approach has brought English impressive results in a test crunch since June 2022.
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However, she failed to deliver against India in last year’s series with five matches, and now they are fighting in the current T20I series, where England lost the first two matches against men in blue. In the meantime, Kevin Pietersen said that the ultra-aggressive approach to England will always perish against quality spin bowling and therefore fight for delivery here.
Kevin Pietersen responded to the user during the Q&A session on X: “Baseball does not work consistently against high quality spin! There is an art to play spin on the subcontinent.”
Bazball does not work consistently against high quality spin! In the subcontinent, there is an art for playing spin. https://t.co/gqnd3yddfn
– Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) 26. January 2025
Significantly, English shots fought against the Indian spin trio Varuna Chakravarthy, Axara Patel and Ravi Bishnoi in the first T20I in Calcutta. Their combing of spin bowling continued in the second T20i because they lost six shots to Spinner in Chennai.
Well, India and England went to Rajkot, where the third T20I will be played on Tuesday (January 28). They will also play a series with three games before the upcoming 2025 champion trophy, which will be held in Pakistan, and India played its games in Dubai, UAE.
In the meantime, Pietersen also asked about his favorite current crime during the Q&A session on X. He called England Batter Harry Brook as his current favorite player, but with a playful stitch. Harry Brook faced the strong criticisms of fans and legends of the crislette after his bizarre comments after English loss of seven jokes from India in the first T20I in Calcutta.
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Brook said he did not face Ravi Bishnoi, but praised Varuna Chakravarthy. He also blamed Smog as a reason for the difficulty when he saw the ball in Eden Gardens and hoped he would have a clearer air in Chennai for the second T20I, who also lost with two shots.
His remarks have encouraged a wave of trolls from fans and experts, and now former England has also used the time to pull Brook’s leg on his lunch on social networks. Pietersen posted in the X: “Harry Brook (without Smog comment).”
Harry Brook (no comment of smog) 🤣 https://t.co/52xed5zo1g
– Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) 26. January 2025
Possible: Pietersen has taken over the coaching role
Pietersen also hinted that he was ready to take on a coaching role. It is significant that he represented England in 104 tests, 136 Zada 37 t20i, collecting 8181 runs, 4440 running and 1176 running.
perhaps…….. https://t.co/gqwcc3svhh
– Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) 26. January 2025
